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Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph von · 1812

II. Divan-i Hikmet Divan of Wisdom. An alchemical poem by Ali Nicaea, in Turkish.
III. A Persian alchemical treatise.
IV. A treatise on alchemy by Ebubekr f. Waschye, in Turkish.
V. A Qasida ode, or poem dedicated to Sultan Bayezid II by several alchemists.
VI. A Turkish alchemical treatise.
76. Lama'at Nuraniyya Luminous Flashes by Buni, a cabalistic work in Arabic, together with "Tali' Mawlud" (The Rising of the Nativity), a Turkish astrological treatise by Chaireddin.
77. Kitab Reml Book on the art of geomancy called "Reml," together with the delineation of figures, in Turkish, 4to.
78. Risalat 'Ilm Hisab Treatise on Arithmetic by Mustafa f. Ebri.
79. This codex contains various treatises, namely:
I. Risalat Reml li-Shams al-Din Treatise on geomancy (Reml), in verse, by Schemseddin.
II. A calendar and various superstitious admonitions.
III. A method of divination to determine who will be the victor or the vanquished.
IV. A commentary on the names of God.
V. Tables of the art of divination from the contortions of limbs.
VI. A treatise on the stations of the moon.
VII. A few Suras of the Quran.
80. Qiyafetname Book on Physiognomy, in Turkish, by Hamdollah f. Akschemseddin (died 909) and Omer Chalveti; both wrote a book of this title, but which of the two is the author of the present codex is not apparent from it.
81. A Turkish astrological and geomantic book. 4to.
82. The third book of Avicenna, regarding diseases of the head and brain up to the anatomy of the eye; a very ancient codex on obsolete dark paper. *)
83. Kitab al-Abniya 'an Haqa'iq al-Adwiya Book of the Foundations of the Truths of Medicaments, by the physician Abumansur Movafik f. Ali of Herat for the prince Mansuri; a very ancient and precious Persian codex, not only because of its antiquity but also because of the style of writing and the name of the scribe who executed it. For it was written, as the last lines show, by Ali son of Ahmed Esedi Tussensis, the most famous Persian poet, in the year 447 H. (i.e., 1055 A.D.), so that its age has now reached the eighth century.
Previously, the work "Book of Canons" by Avicenna and the "Simplicia" by Ibni Beitar were in the Imperial and Royal Library; however, since the Imperial Library of Paris possesses multiple copies of these (see Catalogue of Manuscripts of the Royal Library, Volume I, pages 206 and 207, under numbers CMLXXXIX, CMXCI, CMXCII, CMXCIII, CMXCIV, CMXCV), and they were rightfully to be returned, the most illustrious Langlés nevertheless refused to return them.