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Winter 2018
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Medieval Studies
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Porter, D. (2018, January 01). University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 295 - Kitāb-i Advār (Video Orientation). [Video file.] Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_video/97

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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.