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Masha'allah: Book of Nativities

(Latin Track Volume IX-B)

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Book of Nativities of Masha'allah
          by Robert Hand .............................................................................................. i

Masha'allah's Kitab al-mawalid ................................................................................. i
          Here Begins the Book of Masha'allah on Nativities ........................................ 1
                    And First, Whether a Child Will Be Weaned or Not .............................. 1
          Whether there is a Hyleg or not in a Nativity 9
                    A Chapter on the Hyleg in the knowledge of Life and
                              when the Nativity of a Child Indicates Life ................................. 9
          Concerning the Knowledge of the Time Period of the Alcochoden ................ 11
                    A Chapter on the Alcochoden through which the Computation
                              of Life is Known ........................................................................ 11
          How Many Years the Planets Add to the A1cochoden .................................. 14
                    A Chapter on the Knowing of What [Time] the Planets
                              Add or Subtract ........................................................................ 14
          Of What Inclination is the Native .................................................................. 16
                    A Chapter on the Knowing of the Inclination of the Native ................. 16
          On the Fortune and Infortune of the Native ................................................. 19
                    A chapter on the Knowledge of the Fortune and Misfortune
                              of the Native in his Nativity ....................................................... 19
          Examples from Masha'allah ........................................................................... 21

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