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in p. 1:9. The work is preceded by a succinct introduction (p. 1). Examples and tables of geomantic patterns are found in the text. A few marginal additions. Begins (p. 1, after a besmele): Ja aju Lol (j_. »H II ^ I c VI V 3 (j_< 3" «II 4^3l_*JI j ^^-oJLaJl l-j j <iL 4jlfc J . a ijj JLjIa c. 3 J L>ij^ 3 aaLaj^jj a LSI 3 3_> j oj4j * - J -7- *■ a rt- Jj I ^ 3jdi» 4 1 1» 4 <>jJ t£b LlS 33 ... aSj ^ i*« ♦jj j 4^M i 11II (*■»-« J J Ends (p. 91): . * J'l 4j L> 4gjL I I * - i4Iil 1 * 11*1 Lai 4iitl 15 oA^Ijaa 1"i f Lo> j3> ^ 14 i*> [ j5k j Jjl aS 4L341 j \* I* a 4J3I u«(> J3I3I (Ji<*»l > Jlj^A (2) pp. 93-116 A series of tables, partly drawn by the copyist, in various formats relating to geomantic signs (combinations of dots and lines) with, mostly, numbers, heavenly bodies and constellations, weekdays, and the lunar months, with occasionally, explanations for their use (see plate). Shaykh Zennatl (cf. under 3, below) is mentioned in a heading on p. 104. (3) pp. 113-243 Kenzü l-ma‘arif yS A copy, incomplete at the end, of a work on geomancy by ‘Osman Zennam; both the title and the name of the author are found on p. 113:5-6. The name should probably be read as [‘Abdullah b. Meluned b.] ‘Osman Zennatl [el-Magribl], as his name occurs in a copy of a closely related, perhaps partly identical text, kept in the Royal Library at Copenhagen (cf. Mehren, MS Turkish xxiii). The name Abu ‘Imran az-Zanatl also occurs as the author of an Arabic work on the same subject (cf. Fahd’s article). The text, after a brief introduction (p. 113), is, unlike the Copenhagen manuscript which consists of 72 chapters, divided into unnumbered sections (fasl); samples of geomantic patterns in black and red are found in it; tables occur on pp. 235-8. Extensive marginal additions, in the hand of the copyist, on pp. 113-32 discussing specific questions (mes’ele) solvable by geomancy.