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Title

Hādhā min Khawāṣs al-manāzil wa-hiya fī al-maghrib anwāʼ.
هذا من خواص المنازل وهي في المغرب انواء

Call number

LJS 467
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9951853553503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122470321
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5185355

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Arabic

Origin

Date

13--?-15--?

Place

North Africa

Summary

Work on the use of astronomical observations to predict weather changes in order to determine the best times to sow and harvest in northern Africa. The text is divided into 12 chapters describing weather variations for each of the 12 months, using their European names.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption title (f. 1v).
   

Watermark

Bunch of small, symmetrical grapes, upper center of some sheets.

Extent

23 leaves : 200 x 122 (170 x 86) mm bound to 200 x 130 mm

Foliation

Paper, i + 23 + i; [231-276], modern pagination in blue ink (the same ink used for modern inscriptions and calculations inside the lower cover), upper outer corners or upper center.

Support

Paper

Binding

Later morocco, blind-tooled with central mandorla and double frame with knotted rope design in the outer frame, spine repaired.

Layout

Written in 24-28 long lines; margins marked by folding or misṭarah.

Script

Written in maghribi in brown ink; pointed, additions in a second hand at the beginning of the manuscript (p. 1).

Provenance

• Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 2004.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
   

Subjects topical

• Astronomy--Early works to 1800
• Weather forecasting--Early works to 1800
• Astronomy
• Weather forecasting

Genres

• Manuscripts, Arabic--14th century
• Manuscripts, Medieval
• Manuscripts, Renaissance
• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Early works

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