al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah.

الملخص في الهيئة

Description

Main Author

Jighmīnī, Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad, -1221?

Related Names

Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449, dedicatee.
Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner.
Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Language(s)

Arabic

Published

[India?], [between 1500 and 1840?]

Subjects

Manuscripts, Arabic.
Geography, Arab.
Astronomy.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
Astronomy > Astronomy / Islamic countries > Astronomy / Islamic countries / History.
Geography, Arab > Geography, Arab / Early works to 1800.
New York (State) > New York (State) / New York.
Islamic countries.
History.
Early works.
Helical primary endbands.
Tables (documents)
Diagrams.
Manuscripts (documents)
Codices (bound manuscripts)

Summary

Jaghmīnī's treatise on astronomy and geography with a preface and dedication to Ulugh Beg on the first 5 pages. Includes many diagrams and some empty spaces left for illustrations that were never completed.

Note

Shelfmark: MS Or 21.
Origin: Not dated; text was dedicated to Ulugh Beg when first composed; a marginal note on p. 2 also gives a date of A.H. 1256 (1840).
Decoration: Two tables (p. 12-13) and 45 diagrams in red and black; headings and other finding aids also in red.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, partially vocalized.
Layout: 14-23 long lines with extensive marginalia, including interlinear comments.
Pagination: Pages are numbered in ink, upper center: [1]-134. References in the record are to page numbers as they appear in the manuscript.
Title from introduction (p. 5); alternate title from p. [1].
Manuscript codex.

Physical Description

67 paginated leaves : paper, illustrations ; 220 x 130 (170 x 90 and 170 x 75) mm.

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