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Fall 2015
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Medieval Studies | Other Arts and Humanities
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Porter, D. (2015, October 01). Penn Library's LJS 235 - Kitāb al-Adwār. (Video Orientation). [Video file.] Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_video/70

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Video orientation to LJS 235 -Kitāb al-Adwār, by ʻAbd al-Muʼmin ibn Yūsuf Urmawī.
Summary: Written in the Ottoman Empire, 16th century. Treatise on 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, with an anonymous commentary.