Mukhtaṣar-i Bīst dar maʻrifat-i usṭurlāb.

مختصر بيست در معرفت اسطرلاب

Description

Main Author

Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274.

Related Names

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

Language(s)

Persian

Published

[Iran?], 1299.

Subjects

Manuscripts, Persian.
Geography, Arab.
Astronomy.
Astrolabes.
Manuscripts, Persian.
Geography, Arab > Geography, Arab / Early works to 1800.
Astrolabes > Astrolabes / Early works to 1800.
Astronomy > Astronomy / Islamic countries > Astronomy / Islamic countries / History.
Islamic countries.
Stamps (Provenance)
History.
Early works.
Manuscripts (documents)
Codices (bound manuscripts)

Summary

A treatise on astrolabe and its uses in astronomical geography, calendars, and time keeping.

Note

Three stamps (f. 1r).
Shelfmark: MS Or 10.
Origin: Copy completed in Rabīʻ al-Thānī 698 (f. 22r).
Decoration: Rubrications in red.
Script: Written in informal taʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Layout: 15 long lines.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).
Manuscript codex.
Also available as a digital facsimile.

Physical Description

23 unfoliated leaves: paper ; 205 x 125 (155 x 80) mm, bound to 210 x 135 mm

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