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1. Miscellany on prognostication
- Published / Created:
- 1607.
- Call Number:
- Persian MSS suppl. 99
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, containing a miscellany on the topic of prognostication and the occult. Contains: Ma'rifat taqwim, Knowing the calendar; Fal nameh, A treatise for fortune-telling; and Nasi Ibn Muhammad Ibn Haydar Rammal Shirazi's Work on branches of the occult
- Description:
- In Persian., Layout: 1 column of around 12 lines., Decoration: Rubrication., Binding: Modern black gold-tooled binding., Modern pencil foliation., Contains some tables and diagrams., and Original text block appears to have been cut and surrounded by more modern paper, perhaps to remove original marginal annotations(?). New marginal annotations are added on top of the new marginal space.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Persian, Persian language and literature, Calendar, Fortune-telling, and Occultism
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miscellany on prognostication
2. Planetary calendar
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 95
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 37
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a set of planetary tables, followed by a two-page note of instructions for their use, which begins: "For the declaracion of this p[re]cedente tabule." The included feast days suggest an origin in southern England, perhaps London
- Description:
- In Middle English., Layout: tables in red and brown ink., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: gold initials., and Binding: modern half-calf.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astronomy, Calendar, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Planetary calendar
