al-Juz’ al-awwal min kitāb al-jafar الجزء الأول من كتاب الجفر

Content

Treatise on divination drawing on the authority of Aristotle, Daniel and Solomon.

Contents:

Begins (f. 63v, lines 7-10):

في التبصرة في شرح الشهور العربية

والرومية وبروجها وما فيها

ومنازل القمر والأنواء وطلوع

المنازل وغرب النظائر

Ends (f. 81r, line 25):

عيد التجلى تسعة وعشري منه مقتل يوحنا أربعة عشر منه عيد الصليب

Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 81r, line 26):

تم الكتاب والحمد لله وحده وصلواته على نبيه محمد وآله وصحبه

Extent and format

Ff. 64r-81r

It is part of

Compendium of mathematical, philosophical and historical texts

408 images

Ref: Add MS 7473

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Add MS 7473, ff 64r-81r

History of this record

Date(s)

639 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Subjects

Divination--Early works to 1800

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