Penn Library's LJS 295 - Kitāb-i Advār (Video Orientation)
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Medieval Studies
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2018-01-01
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Video orientation toLJS 295, Kitāb-i Advār, by Urmawī, ʻAbd al-Muʼmin ibn Yūsuf. Written in Iran in A.H. 815 (1412), this manuscript is a Persian translation of al-Urmawī's treatise the theory of music, including division of frets, ratio of intervals, consonance and dissonance, cycles, rhythmic and melodic modes, and the 5-string oud or lute.