Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Arab. e. 153 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts

Contents

Summary of Contents: 9 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Theurgy, Islamic magic, Astronomy, and Astrology
1. ff. 28-32

[ch. 34 only: ʻilm al-zāʼ irjah wa-kayfīyat nisbihā ]

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 497
[K 252 (2)]
2. ff. 34v-39v

Explaining the use of al-Sabtīʼs zāʼirjah, (astronomical table)

Language(s): Arabic

References

Supp. II Anhang, p. 1038
[K 252 (3)]
3. ff. 40r-43r

*[Thought by K. to be perhaps identical with the Muḥammad Zayn commentator on the ʻAqīdah of Sanūsī (Brock. II, p. 325, commentary 14); this seems hopelessly far-fetched]

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astrology
[K 252 (4)]
4. ff. 43v-45r
Author: Anonymous

[on the zāʼirjah]

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astrology
[K 252 (5)]
5. ff. 45v-47r
Author: Anonymous
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astrology
[K 252 (6)]
6. ff. 47v, 48v
Author: Anonymous
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astrology
[K 252 (7)]
7. ff. 49v-57v
Author: Anonymous

A supplement to al-Yasārah fī taqwīm al-kawākib al-sayyārah by Ibn al-Bannāʼ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1256?-1321?

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 255
[K. 252 (8)]
8. ff. 59v-69v
Author: Anonymous

*So K., but I am not clear what is meant

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astronomy
[K 252 (9)]
9. ff. 73v-81r
Author: Anonymous
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astronomy
[K 252 (10)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
5 ff. 6 ff. 4 ff. 3 ff. 3 ff. 2 ff. 9 ff. 11 ff. 9 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. ?18th cent. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. [c. 1590?]

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions).

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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