Astronomical tables for the latitude of Samarkand :
manuscript,
[171-?].

Description

Related Names

Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449.
Meyerhof, Max, 1874-1945, former owner.

Language(s)

Arabic

Subjects

Ulugh Beg, > Ulugh Beg, / 1394-1449. > Ulugh Beg, / 1394-1449. / Zīj al-Sulṭānī.
Geography, Arab > Geography, Arab / Tables > Geography, Arab / Tables / Early works to 1800.
Stars > Stars / Catalogs > Stars / Catalogs / Early works to 1800.
Astronomy, Arab > Astronomy, Arab / Tables > Astronomy, Arab / Tables / Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Arabic > Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan > Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan / Ann Arbor.

Summary

Entirely tables: astronomical tables, star catalogs, and geographical tables based on those of Ulugh Beg. Calendrical table for Islamic years 1110 [1698] to 2100 [2658].

Note

Watermarks: Three crescents; Andrea Galvani of Pordenone. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum ,1950), pp. 24 and 36.
Tables rubricated; some foliation in pencil.
Probable 18th-cent. date based on start date of tables.
Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owner's mark: on front of ms., manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof.

Physical Description

1 v. (120, [22] p.) ; 23 cm.

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