Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Wetzstein II 1155
folios 1r–57r and 58r–64r copied in 1238/1822-3; remainder of the manuscript copied by the same hand.
Or.:possibly Egypt, based on the scribe’s name and the fāʾida on the Nile on f. 64v; copied by Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Maghribī l-Dimyāṭī al-Azharī (57r, 64r).
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Cod.: yellow paper, 70 ff. (foliated with Arabic-European numerals; catchwords). An irregular and sloppy black naskh hand; fully dotted ductus without diacritics. Titles, table headings and textual dividers in red, chapter beginnings overlined in red. Carelessly drawn tables in black with red headings and Hindu-Arabic numerals. Codex in good condition; binding loose, margins occasionally damaged. Dimensions: 15⅔×11¼ cm, written area: 11½×6 cm on ff. 1r–57r, larger on ff. 58r–66v; 13 lines per page on ff. 1r–57r, 16–18 lines on ff. 58r–66v. Cardboard covers with brown leather quarter binding. Type II binding.
Cont.: astrology and onomancy. —
Bibl.: Wilhelm Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss der arabischen Handschriften der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin, vol. V, Berlin: Asher, 1893, pp. 297 (no. 5897), 304 (no. 5910[2]), and 307–308 (no. 5916).
1r–57r
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\1v\ هذا تقويم الشعرى اليمانيّة من كتاب الحاكميّ وهرمس الحكيم وبطليموس. قالت الحكماء إنّ الشعرى كوكب كانت الجاهليّة فيما مضى يعبدوها — \57r\ آلات الصبغ تشتري في كيهك وتباع في برموده الادهان كلّها تشتري في أبيب وتباع في برمهات. = Pseudo-Ptolemy, al-Ḥākimī and Hermes, Taqwīm al-shiʿrā l-yamāniyya (B.4.2)
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