Book of the constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita), by `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986), in Persian translation

İsim	Book of the constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita), by `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986), in Persian translation
Basım Tarihi:	c. 1600-1700
Tür	Belge
Dil	Farsça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	252 mm x 183 mm x 48 mm (height x width x depth)
Kütüphane:	Chester Beatty
Kayıt Numarası	Per 175
Lokasyon	Persian collection
Tarih	c. 1600-1700
Notlar	Book of the constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita), by `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986), in Persian translation. This manuscript is Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī's Persian translation of the well-known Arabic treatise, the Book of the Constellations, by the Iranian astronomer `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986). Al-Ṣūfī's book is organised into forty-eight chapters, one per constellation. Each constellation is discussed and illustrated, and its constituent stars are catalogued in a table recording positions in celestial longitude and latitude (for the year 964). In this manuscript, the constellations are shown first as labelled dots, with no figure drawn around the stars, and then again as fully illustrated figures. The manuscript may have been copied from an un-illustrated work, but its owner wished to add the constellation figures which are usually part of al-Ṣūfī's treatise. Codex, 171 folios, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with star tables and labelled diagrams, and tinted drawings of constellation figures (inserted on separate folios), Book of the constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita), by Abū al-Ḥusayn `Abd al-Raḥmān ibn `Umar al-Ṣūfī (Rayy 903-986 Baghdad), in Persian translation by Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī (1201-1274), copied from an earlier manuscript in turn copied from the author’s original (made in 25 Dhu'l-Qa`da 647H, April 1250), copyist's name later erased from colophon (fol. 171v), Yazd, Iran, undated, c. 1600-1650
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Codex
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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Book of the constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita), by `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986), in Persian translation

Basım Tarihi c. 1600-1700

Tür Belge

Dil Farsça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar 252 mm x 183 mm x 48 mm (height x width x depth)

Kütüphane Chester Beatty

Kayıt Numarası Per 175

Lokasyon Persian collection

Tarih c. 1600-1700

Notlar Book of the constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita), by `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986), in Persian translation. This manuscript is Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī's Persian translation of the well-known Arabic treatise, the Book of the Constellations, by the Iranian astronomer `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986). Al-Ṣūfī's book is organised into forty-eight chapters, one per constellation. Each constellation is discussed and illustrated, and its constituent stars are catalogued in a table recording positions in celestial longitude and latitude (for the year 964). In this manuscript, the constellations are shown first as labelled dots, with no figure drawn around the stars, and then again as fully illustrated figures. The manuscript may have been copied from an un-illustrated work, but its owner wished to add the constellation figures which are usually part of al-Ṣūfī's treatise. Codex, 171 folios, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with star tables and labelled diagrams, and tinted drawings of constellation figures (inserted on separate folios), Book of the constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita), by Abū al-Ḥusayn `Abd al-Raḥmān ibn `Umar al-Ṣūfī (Rayy 903-986 Baghdad), in Persian translation by Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī (1201-1274), copied from an earlier manuscript in turn copied from the author’s original (made in 25 Dhu'l-Qa`da 647H, April 1250), copyist's name later erased from colophon (fol. 171v), Yazd, Iran, undated, c. 1600-1650

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Codex

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script