Risālah bar usṭurlāb.

رساله بر اسطرلاب

Description

Related Names

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

Language(s)

Persian

Published

[Iran?] : [Between 1650 and 1800?]

Subjects

Manuscripts, Persian.
Astronomy, Arab.
Astrolabes.
Manuscripts, Persian > Manuscripts, Persian / New York (State) > Manuscripts, Persian / New York (State) / New York.
Astrolabes > Astrolabes / Early works to 1800.
Astronomy, Arab > Astronomy, Arab / Early works to 1800.
New York (State) > New York (State) / New York.
Bookplates (Provenance)
Early works.
Tables (documents)
Diagrams.
Codices (bound manuscripts)

Summary

On calculations needed to make an astrolabe.

Note

Shelfmark: MS Or 47.
Ottoman Turkish couplet on the front binding.
Decoration: Headings and overlines in red; 16 diagrams (f. 9r, 10r/v, 11r/v, 12r, 13r/v, 14r, 15v, 16r/v, 17r, 19r/v, 20r) and 3 tables (f. 17v, 18r/v) in red and black.
Script: Written in taʻlīq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized.
Layout: 13 long lines.
Foliation: Pagination in red and black ink, upper center; pages missed. Foliation in pencil added, upper left recto. References in the record are to the modern foliation.
Title from f. 1r.
Manuscript codex.
Formerly owned by David Eugene Smith (bookplate inside front cover).

Physical Description

1 online resource (50 paginated and unpaginated leaves) : paper, illustrations

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