Bāb dhikr sāʻāt al-kawākib باب ذكر ساعات الكواكب

Content

Brief chapter without indication of authorship on the activities appropriate to the hours of the day associated with each of the seven planets and the conditions (أحوال) of the Moon.

This text is numbered 2 (ب) in the present collection.

Begins (f. 20r, lines 2-3)

ساعات الشمس محمودة لعلاج الطب

ونارنجيات المحبة لملوك والأشراف والرجال

Ends (f. 21v, lines 9-12)

... ويحمد

دخول الحمام وأخذ الشعر وطلي النورة

والزينة والفرجة إنفاذ الرصل (!) والكتب

والله أعلم بالصواب

Extent and format

Ff. 20r-20v

It is part of

Collection of Arabic astrological and divinatory texts, and a fragment of a Persian manuscript

440 images

Ref: Or 5591

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Or 5591, ff 20r-20v

History of this record

Date(s)

867 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Related material

Finding aids

Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards, A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 38

Subjects

Astrology--Early works to 1800

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