[Anonymous astrological and magical treatises], n.d.

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[Anonymous astrological and magical treatises], n.d.

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A collection of anonymous astrological and magical treatises. Also bound together with this manuscript is a lithographed copy of Kitāb fī al-tamām wa-al-kamāl by Abū Maʻshar Jaʻfar b. Muḥammad b. ʻUmar al-Balkhī (d. 272/885). This book is in two parts, the first dealing with horoscopes of men and their signs the second with women. Each part has 12 sections.

378 p. : paper ; 196.9 x 146 mm.

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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