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Vatican Library (Vatican City, Vatican State), Sbath. 343
| Manuscript | Vatican Library (Vatican City, Vatican State), Sbath. 343 |
| Shelfmark | Sbath. 343 |
| Repository | Vatican Library |
| Location | Vatican City, Vatican State |
| Data Source | Catalogue (Malek & Sbath), Manuscript |
| Manuscript length | 37 folia |
| Physical description | 21 x 16 cm; lines per page vary across the manuscript; same scribe. Rubricated. A cut marginalia on folio 23 r. suggests that the volume has been cut and rebund at a later stage. Folio 33 is loose. |
| Copy date status | Marked in text |
| Copy date details | On the 4th of April 1781. |
| Related places | Aleppo, Syria |
| Related Places details | Inferred |
| Notes & references | In Sbath's catalogue (Échos d'Orient, 1926) the entry for ms. 343 is a different manuscript. |
Related people
| Person name | Ilyās b. Yūnus b. Ilyās |
| Role | is a scribe |
| Date range | 1765 |
| Person name | Maryam Dajbān |
| Role | is a reader |
| Date range | 1502 - 1502 |
Related colophons
| Colophon | تم الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب بيد الياس ابن خوري جرجي ذيان في 4 شهر نيسان كمل سنة 1781 |
| Summary | The book was completed with the help of God by the hand of Ilyās ibn Khūrī Jurjī Dhiyān, on the 4th of April 1781. |
| Location in manuscript | Folio 36r |
| Date range | 1781 - 1781 |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
Related marginalia
| Type of marginalia | Other |
| Summary | Zodiac circle with the names of the stars and drawings of the zodiac signs with their names. |
| Location in manuscript | Folio 8v |
| Date Range | 1781 - 1781 |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Type of marginalia | Reading |
| Marginalia | مريم دجبان |
| Summary | Maryam Dajbān. |
| Location in manuscript | Folio 1r |
| Date Range | 1780 |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Notes & references | Perhaps a reader note, although only the name is mentioned. |
| Type of marginalia | Reading |
| Marginalia | Muḥammad Ḥawwa |
| Summary | Muḥammad Ḥawā. |
| Location in manuscript | Folio 1r |
| Date Range | 1780 |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Notes & references | Perhaps a reader note, although only the name is mentioned. |
| Type of marginalia | Ownership |
| Marginalia | Bibliothèque de Manuscrits Paul Sbath, Prêtre Syrien d'Alep, 1924, no. 343 |
| Summary | Sbath's ownerhsip stamp. |
| Location in manuscript | Folia 1r, 2r, 9r, 37v |
| Date Range | 1924 - 1924 |
| Language(s) | French |
Related manuscript Items
| Translated title | Days of the lunar month | ||
| Title | ايام شهر القمر | ||
| Location in manuscript | Folio 34v-35r. | ||
| Content | On the hour of the appearance of the moon during the year. | ||
| Copy date | 1763 - 1772 | ||
| Copy date status | Marked in text | ||
| Copy date details | [...] on the 4th of April 1781. | ||
| Composition date | 1226 - 1286 | ||
| Related places | Aleppo, Syria | ||
| Place of creation status | Inferred | ||
| Language(s) | Arabic | ||
| Script | Naskh | ||
| Genre | Astrology/astronomy | ||
| Related uniform titles |
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| Translated title | Prediction of the character and diseases of the individual according to the day of the lunar month of his birth |
| Location in manuscript | Folia 34v-35r |
| Content | Prediction of the character and diseases of the individual according to the day of the lunar month of his birth, from 1 to 30. |
| Copy date | 1763 - 1772 |
| Copy date status | Marked in text |
| Copy date details | [...] on the 4th of April 1781. |
| Composition date | 1226 - 1286 |
| Related places | Aleppo, Syria |
| Place of creation status | Inferred |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Script | Naskh |
| Genre | Astrology/astronomy |
| Related uniform titles |
| Translated title | On the stars, by the master Aristotle, On the stars al-Mushawwisha, On the nature of the signs of the zodiac |
| Content | On the stars, by the master Aristo; on the stars al-Mushawwisha; and on the nature of the signs of the zodiac. |
| Copy date | 1501 - 1600 |
| Copy date status | Marked in text |
| Copy date details | [...] on the 4th of April 1781. |
| Composition date | 1193 |
| Related places | Aleppo, Syria |
| Place of creation status | Inferred |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Script | Naskh |
| Genre | Astrology/astronomy |
| Related uniform titles |
| Translated title | On occult sciences |
| Location in manuscript | 36v-37v |
| Content | Occult science: to discover what is hidden, what we think, the right moment for the correspondence according to the moon and the sun; what will happen to the sick, healing or dead. |
| Copy date | 1601 - 1700 |
| Copy date status | Marked in text |
| Copy date details | [...] on the 4th of April 1781. |
| Related places | Aleppo, Syria |
| Place of creation status | Inferred |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Script | Naskh |
| Genre | Astrology/astronomy |
| Related uniform titles |
| Translated title | On the seven stars al-mushawwishīn | ||
| Title | سبع نجوم المشوشين | ||
| Location in manuscript | Folia 23v-25r | ||
| Content | On the seven stars al-mushawwishīn, to predict the meteorology, the shape of the body of those who will be born this or that day and their character, the harvest etc. | ||
| Copy date | 1595 - 1595 | ||
| Copy date status | Marked in text | ||
| Copy date details | [...] on the 4th of April 1781. | ||
| Related places | Aleppo, Syria | ||
| Place of creation status | Inferred | ||
| Language(s) | Arabic | ||
| Script | Naskh | ||
| Genre | Astrology/astronomy | ||
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| Translated title | On physiognomy | ||
| Title | صفت انسان | ||
| Location in manuscript | Folia 25r-27r | ||
| Content | On the art of knowing the character of the individual according to the physiognomy of his head, his forehead, his eyebrows, his face, his eyes, nose, ears, mouth, chin, hair, voice, neck, hand, fingers and nails | ||
| Copy date status | Marked in text | ||
| Copy date details | [...] on the 4th of April 1781. | ||
| Related places | Aleppo, Syria | ||
| Place of creation status | Inferred | ||
| Language(s) | Arabic | ||
| Script | Naskh | ||
| Genre | Medicine,Other,Astrology/astronomy | ||
| Notes & references | Text attributed to Aristotle. | ||
| Related uniform titles |
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| Translated title | The good and bad days | ||
| Title | ايام نشر الرومية سعدهم ونحوهم | ||
| Location in manuscript | Folia 27r-30r | ||
| Content | Forecast of events according to the days of each month of the year, from January to December. | ||
| Copy date | 1763 - 1772 | ||
| Copy date status | Marked in text | ||
| Copy date details | [...] on the 4th of April 1781. | ||
| Composition date | 1226 - 1286 | ||
| Related places | Aleppo, Syria | ||
| Place of creation status | Inferred | ||
| Language(s) | Arabic | ||
| Script | Naskh | ||
| Genre | Astrology/astronomy | ||
| Related uniform titles |
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| Translated title | Prediction of what should happen during four 28-year periods | ||
| Title | نكتب الي يصبر بدور سنت المسيح 1752، 1780، 1808، 1836 | ||
| Location in manuscript | Folia 30r-34v | ||
| Content | From 1752 to 1779, from 1780-1807, from 1808-1835 and from 1836-1863. | ||
| Copy date status | Marked in text | ||
| Copy date details | [...] on the 4th of April 1781. | ||
| Composition date | 1772 | ||
| Related places | Aleppo, Syria | ||
| Place of creation status | Inferred | ||
| Language(s) | Arabic | ||
| Script | Naskh | ||
| Genre | Astrology/astronomy | ||
| Related uniform titles |
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| Translated title | Properties of the Psalms | ||||
| Title | خاصيات المزامير | ||||
| Location in manuscript | 15v-21v | ||||
| Content | On the effectiveness of the 150 psalms of David on diseases, evil spirits, enemies, travelers etc. of the philosopher Philo. | ||||
| Copy date | 1701 - 1800 | ||||
| Copy date status | Marked in text | ||||
| Copy date details | [...] on the 4th of April 1781. | ||||
| Related places | Aleppo, Syria | ||||
| Place of creation status | Inferred | ||||
| Religious affiliation | Greek Orthodox | ||||
| Language(s) | Arabic | ||||
| Script | Naskh | ||||
| Incipt | ننتدي بعون الله تعالي وجسن توفيقه بكتابة خاصيات المزامير للمعلم الفيلون بيلون اليهودي | ||||
| Genre | Creeds,Magic,Medicine,Philosophy,Prayers and blessings,Astrology/astronomy | ||||
| Notes & references | See also: Sbath.749. and Vat.ar.450. | ||||
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| Translated title | The art of predicting events according to each of the 30 days of the lunar month |
| Location in manuscript | 21v-23r |
| Copy date | 1701 - 1800 |
| Copy date status | Marked in text |
| Copy date details | [...] on the 4th of April 1781. |
| Related places | Aleppo, Syria |
| Place of creation status | Inferred |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Script | Naskh |
| Incipt | ننتدي بعون الله تعالي وجسن توفيقه نكتب ايام شهر القمر وثرحها وسعودها ونحو لها حتى اهل العلم لافلطو |
| Genre | Astrology/astronomy |
| Notes & references | Plato is mentioned in the incipit. |
| Related uniform titles |
| Translated title | Relationship of each day of the lunar month with bloodletting | ||||
| Title | ايام شهر القمر المناسبة للفصاده ماخود من كتاب غايت القصد في علم الفصد والمسهل الباري | ||||
| Location in manuscript | Folio 23r. | ||||
| Content | Relationship of each day of the lunar month with bloodletting (al-faṣd), extract from the book Ghāiyya al-qaṣd fī ʿilm al-faṣd by Ibn Sīnā | ||||
| Copy date | 1701 - 1800 | ||||
| Copy date status | Marked in text | ||||
| Copy date details | [...] on the 4th of April 1781. | ||||
| Related places | Aleppo, Syria | ||||
| Place of creation status | Inferred | ||||
| Language(s) | Arabic | ||||
| Script | Naskh | ||||
| Incipt | نكتب ايام شهر القمر المناسبة للفصاده ماخود من كتاب غايت القصد في علم الفصد والمسهل الباري | ||||
| Genre | Medicine,Astrology/astronomy | ||||
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| Translated title | The hours of night and day in relation to the stars | ||||
| Title | ساعات الليل والنهار باسامي الكواكب | ||||
| Location in manuscript | Folia 23r-23v. | ||||
| Copy date | 1701 - 1800 | ||||
| Copy date status | Marked in text | ||||
| Copy date details | [...] on the 4th of April 1781. | ||||
| Related places | Aleppo, Syria | ||||
| Place of creation status | Inferred | ||||
| Language(s) | Arabic | ||||
| Script | Naskh | ||||
| Genre | Astrology/astronomy | ||||
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| Translated title | The art of predicting events through knowing the 28 phases of the moon | ||||
| Title | غاية التحرير بعلم حركات منازل القمر التمانية والعشرون | ||||
| Location in manuscript | Folia 1r-15v | ||||
| Copy date | 1781 - 1781 | ||||
| Copy date status | Marked in text | ||||
| Copy date details | [...] on the 4th of April 1781. | ||||
| Composition date status | Inferred | ||||
| Related places | Aleppo, Syria | ||||
| Place of creation status | Inferred | ||||
| Language(s) | Arabic | ||||
| Script | Naskh | ||||
| Basmallah | بسم الأب والابن والروح القدس لالله الواحد امين | ||||
| Praise of God (Taḥmid) | In the name of the father the son and the holy spirit of God, the One, Amin. | ||||
| Scribal preface | وبعد يقول العبد الفقير يوسف رامز الحلبي اصلا الارتودكسي مذهباً لما من مراحم يسوع ومريم الغنية بواصطة استاذي الشيخ الفاضل نصر الله لما توقفت علي امور الفلكية وحركات قد جمعتهم هذا الكتاب واسمه غايت التحرير لاجل من اقتناه من الوذر العظام والقضا الفخام الاكابر دوي الاحترام، وساير اهل الشرق والاحترام لما يلزمهم بخصوص مواجهات الوزر والسلاطين العظام والسفر والاخز العطا والزيجة بكمال المرام وكلما يلزم الي ذوي اهل العلم والرفعه والاحترام واسمه غايت التحرير، بعلم حركات منادل القمر التمانية وعشرين، … ... ايها القادي بالعقل البصير، وحررته بخمس فصول وخاتمه حسبما ساعدني الباري تعالي القدير، الذي له ينبغي كل مجد والكرام وسجود كل صباح وكل مسا بالتكرير، هو خالق الخلايق ورب العالمين، مما انه علي كل شي قدير وبالاجابت جدير | ||||
| Incipt | الفصل الاول في منازل القمر والاشهر الروميه | ||||
| Genre | Astrology/astronomy | ||||
| Notes & references | In the scribe preface, Ustādh Shaykh Naṣr Allah is mentioned, but no more information are given about this person. | ||||
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Related references
| Reference | Paul Sbath, Bibliothèque de manuscrits Paul Sbath, Tome I (Cairo: H. Friedrich et Co, 1928). |
| Cited range | 151 |
| Reference | Paul Sbath, Les Manuscrits Orientaux de la Bibliothèque du R. P. Paul Sbath, Échos d'Orient vol. 25, n° 144 (1926), pp. 480-493. |
| Reference | Paul Sbath, Al-Fihris (Catalogue de manuscrits arabes), Le Caire, Librairie al-Sharq, 1939, 2e partie : Ouvrages des auteurs des trois derniers siècles, Supplément. |
| Cited range | 40 |
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