Sexagesimal multiplication tables : manuscript, [19th century?].

Consists entirely of sexagesimal multiplication tables used to facilitate astronomical calculations.Watermarks: Andrea Galvani of Pordenone; eagle with initials A and FNF in roman. For the first see Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 36 and no. 860.Tables rubricated.Consists entirely of sexagesimal multiplication tables used to facilitate astronomical calculations.Mode of access: Internet.McGregor FundPurchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owner's mark: inside cover, manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof

Natījat al-mīqāt fī-mā li-ʻarḍ al-31,40⁰ min awqāt : manuscript, [1882].

Poem dealing briefly with the following subjects: the determination of religious holidays; the Byzantine and Coptic calendars; the constellations and lunar mansions and their relation to the seasons; the times of prayer; the indications of the qiblah for Egypt.Watermark: Andrea Galvani of Pordenone. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 36 and no. 860.Text rubricated.Date in colophon: wa-kāna al-farāgh min kitābat hādhā al-matn qarīb adhān al-ẓuhr yawm al-khamīs ghurrat Rajab sanat 1299 alf wa-miʾatayn wa-tisʻah wa-tisʻimiʾah min hijrat sayyid al-mursilīn [19 May 1882]....Poem dealing briefly with the following subjects: the determination of religious holidays; the Byzantine and Coptic calendars; the constellations and lunar mansions and their relation to the seasons; the times of prayer; the indications of the qiblah for Egypt.Mode of access: Internet.McGregor FundPurchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owner's mark: on cover, manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof

Fragments of two works on astronomy : manuscript, [16th century?].

[1] consists of at least 7 bābs, missing the beginning and end, and is on timekeeping by solar methods; [2] consists of 15 bābs, missing the beginning and the last page(s) of the khātimah, and is on timekeeping by night using the stars and the characteristics of the Byzantine and Coptic calendars. The item in hand seems to have been used for practice in copying.Text rubricated; many marginal and interlinear corrections and assorted doodlings in the hand of the copyist.[1] consists of at least 7 bābs, missing the beginning and end, and is on timekeeping by solar methods; [2] consists of 15 bābs, missing the beginning and the last page(s) of the khātimah, and is on timekeeping by night using the stars and the characteristics of the Byzantine and Coptic calendars. The item in hand seems to have been used for practice in copying.Mode of access: Internet.McGregor FundPurchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owner's mark: on cover, manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof

Hādhā kitāb majmūʻ fī ʻilm al-falak : manuscript, [1884] /

A compendium of astronomical lore.Contains tables and astronomical diagrams.Text rubricated.Date of compilation in title: 14 June 1884. Date of copy and editor/copyist's name in colophon: tammat wa-bi-al-miskah ʻammat wa-kāna al-farāgh min naql hādhihi al-nuskhah al-ʻaẓīmah alladhī laysa la-hā wujūd fī yawm al-sabt al-muwāfiq ʻasharah khalat min shahr Ṣafar sanat 1302 [29 November 1884] ʻalá yad nāsikhihā al-faqīr ilá Allāh al-qadīr Aḥmad Maḥmūd Rāghib.A compendium of astronomical lore.Mode of access: Internet.McGregor FundPurchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owner's mark: on cover, manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof

Hādhihi muqaddimah laṭīfah yuʻrafu min-hā malāḥim muntakhabah wa-aḥkām bayān dawrān al-sanah al-Qibṭīyah wa-al-ashhur al-rūmīyah wa-al-fārisīyah wa-al-fuṣūl al-arbaʻah wa-maʻrifat al-sāʻāt wa-al-daraj wa-mā yunāsib fī ayyām al-fuṣūl min al-istiʻmālāt : manuscript, [18--?].

On the characteristics of calendars in the Coptic, Byzantine, and Islamic systems, the astrological import of their days, and weather conditions for crops on those days.Watermark: Three crescents. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 24.Text rubricated and vocalized; lines of each section beginning on p. [8] numbered; text enclosed in red borders; marginal notes in another (?) hand.Date based on owner's mark on p. [1].On the characteristics of calendars in the Coptic, Byzantine, and Islamic systems, the astrological import of their days, and weather conditions for crops on those days.Mode of access: Internet.McGregor Fundkhādim al-ʻilm al-sharīf wa-khalīfat al-ṭarīqah al-Qādirīyah wa-huwa min salālat sayyidī Abī Ayyūb al-Anṣārī ṣaḥābī sayyid al-awwalīn wa-al-ākhirīn sayyidinā Muḥammad...; on p. [1], manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof.Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owners' marks: on p. [1], owner's name and date: ṣāra mushtaran hādhā al-kitāb bi-ism thamrat al-fuʾād wa-qurrat al-ʻayn waladī Ibrāhīm Kāmil jaʻalahu Allāh min al-suʻadāʾ al-dārīn wa-min al-ʻulamāʾ al-wāṣilīn amīn taḥrīran fī yawm al-thulāthāʾ 11 Ṣafar sanat 1306 [17 October 1888] kātibihi Muḥammad Amīn wālid Ibrāhīm Kāmil; on p. [1], owner's name: dakhalat hādhihi fī ḥiyādhat Muḥammad Amīn al-marḥūm al-ḥājj Musá Afand

Risālah fī rasm al-munḥarifāt : manuscript, [1882].

On sundials, in a muqaddimah, three bābs, and a khātimah.Watermark: Andrea Galvani of Pordenone. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 36 and no. 360.Contains diagrams of sundial markings and astronomical tables.Text not rubricated; corrections in hand of copyist; kurrāsahs numbered: k ʻadad [1-4].Date in colophon: wa-kāna al-farāgh min kitābat hādhihi al-risālah al-laṭīfah yawm al-arbuʻāʾ al-muwāfiq ithná wa-ʻishrīn yawman khalat min shahr Jumādá al-thānī sanat 1299 [i.e. 11 May 1882] ... ʻalá yad kātibihā al-faqīr ... Muḥammad ʻIrāqī al-Shiblanjī [?].For another, defective copy of this text, see Mich. Isl. Ms. 779.On sundials, in a muqaddimah, three bābs, and a khātimah.Mode of access: Internet.McGregor FundPurchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owner's mark: on p. [1], manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof

Astronomical calculations : manuscript, [1794 or 5].

Described inside cover as a "first draft of a calendar," this piece includes calculations for the visibility of the lunar crescent at the beginning of each of the Islamic months for the year 1209 [i.e. 1794-5] and for a lunar eclipse on 15 Rajab of that year [i.e. 5 February 1795].Watermarks: Three crescents; initials PP/FVF in roman. For the first see Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 24.Calculations rubricated.Date in headings of pages.Described inside cover as a "first draft of a calendar," this piece includes calculations for the visibility of the lunar crescent at the beginning of each of the Islamic months for the year 1209 [i.e. 1794-5] and for a lunar eclipse on 15 Rajab of that year [i.e. 5 February 1795].Mode of access: Internet.McGregor FundPurchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owner's mark: on flyleaf, manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof

Astronomical material in Arabic and Turkish : manuscript, [1811].

Assorted material on timekeeping and the Coptic calendar.Text rubricated and overlined in red; marginal commentary in Turkish in hand of copyist (same as that of Mich. Isl. Mss. 750,2-4).Date based on that in colophons of Mich. Isl. Mss. 750,2-3.Pp. [1-5]. Bound with: [2] Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Kifāyat al-qanūʻ fī al-ʻamal bi-al-rubʻ al-maqṭūʻ, pp. [6-24]; [3] Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Risālah fī al-ʻamal bi-al-rubʻ al-mujayyab, pp. [25-38]; [4] Fāʾidah fī maʻrifat waqt al-imsāk fī ḥiṣṣat al-fajr, pp. [39-44].Assorted material on timekeeping and the Coptic calendar.Mode of access: Internet.McGregor FundPurchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owners' marks: on p. [1], unidentified owner's seal; on front of ms., manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof

Astronomical material in Arabic and Turkish : manuscript, [between 1710 and 1714?].

Fragments on calendar conversion and star observation, including a short calendrical table for Islamic years 1122-1126 [i.e. 1710-1714].Watermarks: Praying figure; hillock with initials FT in roman. For the latter see Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), nos. 2610-2616.Contains brief astronomical tables.Text rubricated; text enclosed in red or black borders; copyist same as that of Mich. Isl. Ms. 813,2; corrections and marginal notes in other hands.Pp. [1-5]. Bound with: [2] Tashīl al-ʻibārah fī takmīl mā naqaṣa min al-yasārah, pp. [6-41]; [3] Astronomical treatise, pp. [43-62]; [4] Calendrical work, pp. [66-84]; [5] Fragments in Turkish, pp. [85-90].Fragments on calendar conversion and star observation, including a short calendrical table for Islamic years 1122-1126 [i.e. 1710-1714].Mode of access: Internet.McGregor FundPurchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owner's mark: on p. [1], manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof

Hādhihi risālah fī ikhtilājāt al-aʻḍāʾ ʻalá mā qālahu Iskandar wa-Dhū al-qarnayn wa-Dānyāl wa-ḥukamāʾ al-Furs wa-fuḍalā al-Rūm ʻalá al-tamām wa-al-kamāl : manuscript, [19th century?].

On the interpretation of the significance of tremors in various parts of the body as portents of future events.Watermark: Andrea Galvani of Pordenone. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 36 and no. 860.Text and title rubricated.H. Kh.,On the interpretation of the significance of tremors in various parts of the body as portents of future events.Mode of access: Internet.McGregor FundPurchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owners' marks: inside cover, manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof