Panjāh bāb-i sulṭānī bi-ʻilm-i usṭurlāb.
پنجاه باب سلطانى بعلم اسطرلاب
Description
- Main Author
- Āmulī, Rukn ibn Sharaf al-Dīn, active 1456.
- Related Names
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Abū al-Qāsim Bābur Mīrzā, dedicatee.
Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner.
Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
- Language(s)
- Persian
- Published
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[Herat], [between 1750 and 1899?]
- Subjects
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Manuscripts, Persian.
Astronomy.
Astronomical instruments.
Astrolabes.
Manuscripts, Persian.
Astronomical instruments > Astronomical instruments / Early works to 1800.
Astronomy > Astronomy / Early works to 1800.
Astrolabes > Astrolabes / Early works to 1800.
New York (State) > New York (State) / New York.
Early works.
Supported sewing.
Full covers.
Islamic bindings (Binding)
Tables (documents)
Diagrams.
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Manuscripts (documents)
- Summary
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On the use of the astrolabe in calendar making and astrology; ends abruptly; no colophon.
- Note
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Shelfmark: MS Or 19.
Origin: Likely copied in Herat. The work is written on different types of paper including European laid paper and machine-made paper.
Decoration: Section headers and overlines in red. Includes 7 tables: pp. [24], [32], 35, [36], 43, [54], [60], and 4 diagrams: pp. 25, [26], 27, 63.
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink.
Layout: 17 lines per page with some marginalia; frame-ruled.
Pagination: Numbers in ink at the top of every other page, number 11 repeats. Catchwords every verso, lower left. References in the record are to the pagination as it appears in the manuscript.
Title from p. [1] of the manuscript.
Manuscript codex.
- Physical Description
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42 bi-paginated leaves :
paper, illustrations ;
200 x 140 (165 x 110) mm, bound to 220 x 150 mm.
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Item Link | Original Source |
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Full view 1750 | Columbia University |