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

Alternate Title:

Khawāṣs al-manāzil wa-hiya fī al-maghrib anwāʼ; Khawāṣs al-manāzil wa-al-shuhūr.

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1300

Description:

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.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 2004.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs467.html; Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000470

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Renaissance; codices (bound manuscripts); manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

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

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (f. 1v).; Pagination: 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.; 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).; Watermark: Bunch of small, symmetrical grapes, upper center of some sheets.; Binding: Later morocco, blind-tooled with central mandorla and double frame with knotted rope design in the outer frame, spine repaired.; Origin: Item is undated, probably written in northern Africa or Spain.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 467

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)