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Title

Facsimile of LJS 467, Khawāṣ al-manāzil wa-al-shuhūr wa-al-anwāʻā

Authors

Dot Porter, University of Pennsylvania LibrariesFollow

Date of this Version

4-25-2015

Files

Comments

Work on the use of astronomical observations to predict weather changes in order to determine the best times to sow and harvest in northern Africa. The text is divided into 12 chapters describing weather variations for each of the 12 European months, using their European names.

Keywords

Astronomy--Early works to 1800, Weather forecasting--Early works to 1800 Codices, Manuscripts Arabic--14th century, Manuscripts Medieval, Manuscripts Renaissance

See More at Penn in Hand

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5185355

Link to OPENN

http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs467.html

Recommended Citation

Porter, Dot, "Facsimile of LJS 467, Khawāṣ al-manāzil wa-al-shuhūr wa-al-anwāʻā" (2015). Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS): EBooks. 45.
https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_ebooks/45