ms. 50690 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)

Display:

Special Collections

1 copy of Risālah fī aḥkām al-nujūm

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

References

view the printed catalogue Gacek no.284

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

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact SOAS Archives and Special Collections Admissions. Contact docenquiry@soas.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript. Microfiche copy available for purchase from : Brill - IDC Publishers.

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

Astrology--Early works to 1800

TO TOP

Contents