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ACQUISITIONS OF 2000-2 (Or. 25.728, cont.)

Begins (37a): uJu jjl Li Jjt wUUT jjb UI jju I óüj-ti jj^JI jjUi i_jL ui5 j «l-> iU/jJf jij Jjl ... J3J3I >abj jilt 4j njhjjl3 <uj aJjl * j*-*— Ends (37b): (6) f. 38a A brief tract of the same genre as that described under (5), but it does not proceed beyond the 27th day; it is supposedly based on the authority of ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Abbas, mentioned in the first line. Begins: .. ■ CAj I 3 j j A (ju Lx. cdJ I \« f <jj-*jaJI j jli a Aj ^5 ji'il uj L Ends: I a Cxaa aJjl ijAjJiL VV 4_i »M jLS 3 jL* ^ 3

(7) ff. 38a-b

An inventory of the spots on the human body which the Holy Ghost (rüh-i ‘azïz) watches and hovers about on consecutive days of each month, based on the authority of doctors of Turkestan and China. As is explained in the introduction (38a-b), one should particularly avoid drawing blood from these spots.

Begins (38a): fci-aa» jx. £ j I iti a~<_t I ^ *Jj 3-1 3 I !->■> 3 ^jl~ j3-> la(> uL jAjI X-4i< Ends (38b): a jJ 4J3J LLdi u3JI jUj i_j3 AJI jJaj 4J3AA- 3J a Aj jls .ji 3LT y> Colophon {ibidem):

a v a \ ^

(8) ff. 39a-b A ‘concise ta'bimame', based on the authority of scholars consulted by a padi§ah of Hörezmia. It consists of a table of letters of the alphabet (being the first letters of the Arabic name of an object ‘seen’ in a dream) accompanied by prognostic