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Penn Library's LJS 467 - Hādhā min Khawāṣs al-manāzil wa-hiya fī ... (Video Orientation)

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2-7-2023

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Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 467, a 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 months, using their European names.

Item is undated, probably written in northern Africa or Spain.

Digital copy and a full record are available through Franklin: https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/ca...

Record on Internet Archive, with a link to a PDF: https://archive.org/details/ljs467

Keywords

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

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Arabic Language and Literature | Astrophysics and Astronomy | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Medieval Studies | Meteorology

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