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Oriental Manuscripts

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4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Mineralogy and Precious stones

1. ff. 1-54

Author: Tīfāshī, Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf, d. 1253 or 4 التيفاشي، احمد بن يوسف

Title: Azhār al-afkār fī jawāhir al-aḥjār

Title: ازهار الافكار في جواهر الاحجار

Language(s): Arabic

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2. ff. 55-99

Author: Abū al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad al-Abūtījī al-Kutubī احمد الابوتيجي الكتبي ابو العباس

Title: Sirr al-asrār fī maʻrifat manāfiʻ al-jawāhir wa-al-aḥjār

Title: سر الاسرار في معرفة منافع الجوارح والاجحار

Language(s): Arabic

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3. ff. 100-122

Author: anonymous

Title: Muṣḥaf Hirmis al-harāmisah

Title: Kitāb maḥakk al-ḥijarāt al-sabʻah

Title: مصحف هرمس الهرامسة

Title: كتاب محك الحجارات السبعة

Language(s): Arabic

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4. ff. 120-122

Author: Tīfāshī, Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf, d. 1253 or 4 التيفاشي، احمد بن يوسف

Title: Dhikr maḥakkāt al-ḥijār al-sabaʻah wa-manāfiʻihā

Title: ذكر محكات الحجار السبعة ومنافعها

Language(s): Arabic

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Form: codex

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Aḥmad al-Abūtījī al-Kutbī احمد الابوتغي الكتبي

History

Origin: 749 AH; 1348 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from the widow of T. Erpenius (1584-1624) in 1632.

Record Sources

"Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne: A hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1900", abbreviated by the OCIMCO project team.

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