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1 copy of Risālah fī aḥkām al-nujūm
Title: Risālah fī aḥkām al-nujūm
Title: رسالة في احكام النجوم
Astrological treatise divided into 12 sections. Marginal notes in Persian. First folio damaged
Incipit: الحمد لله الذى قبل كل مكان ... اما بعد فانى رايت العلوم كثيرة والاحاطة بها مثل ابى معشروما شاء الله وابى على الخياط وعمرو بن الفروحاب وحبيب بن عمر ابو الجرحانى والحسن بن سهل وسند بن على وشاذان وابى الصوفى ويعقوب بن اسحق الكندى وعطارد بن محمد يعقوب بن على القرشى المعروف بالقصر انى ويعقوب بن طارق الذى افنوا اعمارهم فى هذا العلم فعلموا بالقياس المستقبل ... بما مضى من انتقالات الكواكب
Language(s): Arabic
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 83 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 19 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 14 × 7.5 cm.
Layout
Hand(s)
Neat nasta'liq hand
History
Origin:
Provenance and Acquisition
Gift of S.H. Taqizadeh
Record Sources
"Manuscript description based on Adam Gacek : Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1981".
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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