Abstract: Three treatises on the prediction of future events based on astronomical, meteorological and other natural phenomena. The contents of the volume are:Fihrist Arisṭā[
ṭā]
līs(ff 1v-37r);Treatise on meteorological divination attributed to the prophet Daniel (ff 37r-64r);Ramādī, Ibn Murād,
Tarṣīd shaḥr al-Muḥarram al-mubārrak(ff 64v-69v).The manuscript was copied on 19 Ṣafar 1295 (22 February 1878; see colophon of Item Three, f. 69v).
ملخص: المحتويات:(١) المراكشي،
جامع المبادئ والغايات في علم الميقات (صص. ١و-٢٨٣و)؛(٢) ابن الهيثم،
مقالة في صورة الكسوف (صص. ٢٨٣ظ-٢٨٥ظ).ملخص: Contents:(1) al-Marrākushī (المراكشي),
Jāmiʿ al-mabādiʾ wa-al-ghāyāt fī ʿilm al-mīqāt(جامع المبادئ والغايات في علم الميقات; ff. 1r-283r);(2) Ibn al-Haytham (ابن الهيثم),
Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf(مقالة في صورة الكسوف; ff. 283v-285v).الوصف المادي: المادة: ورق مسلّك شرقيالأبعاد: حجم الورقة ٢٥٥ × ١٩٥ مم [مساحة الكتابة ١٧٥ × ١١٠ مم]ترقيم الأوراق: ترقيم المتحف البريطاني بالقلم الرصاصالتسطير:
مسطرة؛ ٢٣ سطرًا في كل صفحة؛ مسافة تباعد عمودية ١٣ سطرًا لكل ١٠ سمالخط:
نسخ؛ الناسخ هو كلب علي بن صفرقلي ساوخ بلاغي (انظر حرد المتن، ص. ٢٨٣و)الحبر: حبر أسود، مع تحمير العناوين والخطوط الأفقية أعلى النص والرسوم البيانيةالزخرفة: لا يوجدالتجليد: تجليد المتحف البريطاني الأحمر، نصفه من الجلدالحالة: توجد بقعة مائية صغيرة على هامش الحافةالحاشية: قليلة جدًاالأختام: صص. ١و، ٢٨٥ظالوصف المادي: Material: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 255 x 195 mm leaf [175 x 110 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 23 lines per page; vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cmScript:
Naskh; the scribe is Kalb (?) ‘Alī ibn Ṣafarqalī Sāwikh (?) Balāghī (كلب علي بن صفرقلي ساوخ بلاغي, see colophon, f. 283r)Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings and diagrams in redDecoration: NoneBinding: British Museum red, half-leather bindingCondition: Small tidemark to edge marginMarginalia: Very fewSeals: ff. 1r and 285v
Physical description: Material: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 201 x 125 mm leaf [105 x 155 mm written]Foliation: Coptic foliation in black ink, British Museum foliation in pencil. Following the Coptic foliation, the order of the folios should be 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 11, 12, 13, [2 folios missing here], 14, 15, 16, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 1 and 2Ruling: No ruling visible; 14 to 18 lines per page; vertical spacing 9 to 11 lines per 10 cmScript: ʿAbbasid bookhandInk: Black ink, with rubricated titlesDecoration: Text division in red and black ink (f. 28v); Greek majuscule quire signatures in red and red and black ink are found on ff. 25v (red), 33v (red), 16v (red and black), 10v (red and black) and 17r (red)Binding: British Museum bindingCondition: Some water damage to upper and lower gutter has caused ink to fade and in places become illegible; ff. 1, 10, 17, 18 have had damage repaired with no loss of text; all folios guardedMarginalia: Very few (see ff. 8v, 23r, 24v, 26r, and f.30v)Seals: British Museum seals (ff.1r and 33v)
Physical description: Material: Western laid paperDimensions: 205 x 150 mm leaf [140 x 100 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: No ruling visible; 21 lines per page; vertical spacing 15 lines per 10 cmScript:
NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headingsDecoration: NoneBinding: Red leather binding with blind-tooled medallion and bordersCondition: Tidemarks towards head of volume, foxing especially towards back of volumeMarginalia: By numerous hands, some mutilated thourgh page trimmingSeals: None