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Kitāb al-Bulhān ('Book of Wonders') and other works

by Abū al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad ibn Abī ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Miṣrī 14th cent, Haydar ibn al-Haji Adb al Karim ibn al-Jawad al-Mawsili, Irbilī, Ḍiyāʼ al-Dīn Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, early 15th cent & Jaʻfar al-Ṣādiq, 702?-765 or 6

  • First published:
  • 14th century
  • Languages: Arabic, Latin, Turkish
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Binding: European calf, 17th century, double blind fillets toward board edges, blind garland rolls on fore-edges of boards, red speckled edges of textblock, numbered on fore-edge in pen, spine title stamped in gilt: Astrolog. Shelfmark on spine stamped in gilt: Bodl. 133. Paper label on spine: Arch. O c.2. Composite manuscript in Arabic of divinatory works, dating principally from the late 14th century A.D., containing astrological, astronomical and geomantic texts compiled by Abd al-Ḥasan Al-Iṣfāhānī, with illustrations. Fol. 81a is in Turkish. Decoration: 83 illustrations, including miniatures. Extent: 176 leaves (ff. 80 + 13 + 36 + 33 + 7 + 4 + 3). 245 x 160 mm. Hand: Naskh, with title in Eastern qufic, fol. 1b. Kitāb al-Bulhān ('Book of Wonders') and other works Layout: Various page formats.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology and Divination and oracles.

  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from digital-bodleian matched “astrology”. Retained metadata contains “astrological” in the description.

    • “astrology”· via Digital Bodleian — Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
    • “astrological”· in description
  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from digital-bodleian matched “divination”.

    • “divination”· via Digital Bodleian — Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

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1330–1450—Arabic, Latin, Turkish—Public reader

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  • Bodleian shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. Or. 133
  • Collection: Arabic Manuscripts and Maps
  • Holding institution: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
  • Record origin: Description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team. Image descriptions based in part on Carboni, S. (1988), Il Kitab al-bulhan di Oxford.
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