Work B.6.1
Pseudo-Ptolemy
كتاب المجالس
Kitāb al-Majālis
A short text for establishing the suitable planetary domain, defined with respect to the cardinal directions, in which to sit during an audience with a ruler or an official. It is organised in a very brief introduction, a compass rose detailing the association of directions and planets, and two sets of eight conditional sentences (the former detailing where the inquirer wishing for a successful audition should sit based on the position of the ruler, and the latter where the ruler or official should sit based on the desired outcome of the audience). Both sets are organised in a tabular frame occupying a whole page. The origin of the work is unknown and the relevant section of the sole known manuscript undated (though a dating to c. 1150/1750 has been suggested). Sezgin considered the work to include the collections of astronomical and astrological chapters following it in the manuscript (ff. 2v–22v), but this is improbable since its title pertains to ff. 1r–2r only.
Text: [Cairo, Dār al-kutub, mīqāt 122]
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Bibl.: GAS VIIFuat Sezgin, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums. Vol. VII: Astrologie – Meteorologie und Verwandtes bis ca. 430 H., Leiden: Brill, 1979, p. 46 (no. 9); David A. King, Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʿilmiyya al-maḥfūẓa bi-Dār al-Kutub al-Miṣriyya, 2 vols, Cairo: General Egyptian Book Organisation, 1981–1986, vol. II, p. 656 (no. 5.1.3.3).
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