MS. Bodl. Or. 281 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Astrology, Magic, and Divination

1. ff. 1-109r
Author: Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 973?-1048
Title: al-Tafhīm li-awāʼil ṣināʻat al-tanjīm
Title: Inārat al-ḥalak fī ṣināʻat ʻilm al-falak

Composed 1030

*On the copyist see Graf in Orientalia n. s I, pp. 34 sqq.

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 476
[NAM. 282 [l] with corrig. Nicoll p. 541; revd. Beeston]
2.
Language(s): Arabic
3. ff. 113v-224
Author: Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 1149 or 50-1210
Title: al-Sirr al-maktūm fī asrār [or mukhāṭabat] al-nujūm
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 507
[NAM. 282 [(2), on p. 268]; revd. by Beeston]

Physical Description

Form: codex
109 ff. [with 24 ff. inserted 17th c.< and a considerable lacuna (ff. 80-81)] 112 ff.

History

Origin: 14th or 15th cent.? CE 1452 [collation date] CE

Record Sources

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

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JISC

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