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slars and heavenly bodies and containing some fine drawings and
diagrams. There is a section in Persian at the end of the work. [1302].
See Plate 4b.

IX. NATURAL HISTORY
There is a total of 3 MSS in this category.
IX. 167. Descriptions of various types of animals and the legal prescrip­
tions concerning them. [679]
IX.168. Muhammad b. Musa al-Damlri, fjlayat al-frayawan. Copied 1123
(1711), complete. [1321]
IX.169. Ibid, up to the letter shin. [1335]
Cf. GAL, SII, 170-71.

X. ALCHEMY
There is a total of 4 MSS in this category. There was no time to
investigate further.

XI. MEDICINE
There is a total of 16 MSS in this category. None of those
mentioned below could be identified, though all, with the
exception of the medical dictionary, could be described as medical
treatises.
XI.170. A medical dictionary. [1191]
XI. 171. A medical treatise, copied 1310 (1892). [2]
XI. 172. [877]
XI.173. [943]
XI. 174. [1189]
XI.175. [252]
XI. 176. [248]
XI.177. [1174]
XI.178. [1342]
XI. 179. [935]
XI. 180. [351]

XII. TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
There is a total of 17 MSS in this category. These works contain
traditional remedies and charms to ward off illness, including
magical tables.
XII. 181. Kit&b Ibn al-IiSjj. [1009]
XII. 182. Another treatise on traditional medicine. [1084]
XII. 183. [978]
XII. 184. [89]