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al-Kitāb fīhi manāzil al-qamar wa-mā fīhā min al-ikhtīyārāt wa-al-aʻmāl wa-dhālika min qawl Hirmis al-ḥakīm wa-ghayrih الكتاب فيه منازل القمر وما فيها من الاختيارات والأعمال وذلك من قول هرمس الحكيم وغيره Aristotle أرسطاطاليس [‎13v] (22/31)

The record is made up of Ff. 3r-18r. It was created in 867. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Treatise on astral elections, or choosing propitious times to begin various actions, judging by the stations of the Moon.

The treatise belongs to the genre of Islamicate occult scientific literature known as the pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica, which takes its name from the fact that it is made up of texts purporting to be accounts of the teachings of Hermes on various subjects transmitted by Aristotle sometimes explicitly for the benefit of his pupil Alexander the Great.

This text is number 1 (ا) in the present collection.

Begins (f. 3v, lines 1-5):

قال أرسطاطاليس إن هرمس قال منازل

القمر ثمانية وعشرين منزلة أولهم

الشرطين وهو اثنا عشر درجة نا دقيقة

وعشرين ثانية من الحمل

قال هرمس ...

Ends (f. 18r, lines 10-13):

... فان ذلك

كله محمود العاقبة ناقي البركة حسن الخاتمة ومن ولد فيه إن كان

ذكر أو أنثى كان سعيدًا ميمونًا مباركًا حسن السيرة

تم حساب المنازل بحمد الله تعالى والحمد الله وحده

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al-Kitāb fīhi manāzil al-qamar wa-mā fīhā min al-ikhtīyārāt wa-al-aʻmāl wa-dhālika min qawl Hirmis al-ḥakīm wa-ghayrih الكتاب فيه منازل القمر وما فيها من الاختيارات والأعمال وذلك من قول هرمس الحكيم وغيره Aristotle أرسطاطاليس [‎13v] (22/31), British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 5591, ff 3r-18r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100151225647.0x000024> [accessed 21 February 2025]

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