Publication Date
1817
Subject
Astronomy, Arab > Early works to 1800. Astronomy, Arab > History. Astrolabes > Early works to 1800. Astrolabes > Islamic Empire. Geography, Arab > Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Persian.
Type
belge
Language
Persian
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
27 paginated leaves : paper, illustrations ; 210 x 146 (150 x 96) mm manuscript
Library
Columbia University Libraries
Library Asset ID
Call Number: MS Or 48
Record ID
13560681
Library Location
Online
Date
1817
Notes
Manuscript codex. Title from f.1r; alternate title from introduction, but incomplete because of damage to the leaf (f. 1v). Pagination: Pages numbered in ink, upper outer corners. Modern foliation has been added in pencil, upper left recto. References in the record are to the modern foliation. Layout: 13 long lines with marginalia, geometrical shapes, and tables. Script: Written in nastaʻliq; pointed, unvocalized. Decoration: Rubrications; 11 drawings and tables (f. 4r-5r, Insert r/v, 24r, 25r, 26r-27r). Origin: Copied in 1232 AH., according to the colophon (f. 22v). Shelfmark: MS Or 48. Also available as a digital facsimile. Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Not bound.
Sample Text
Treatise on astrolabes. Likely an abbreviation of Bīst bab dar maʻrifat-i usṭurlāb by Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭusi (d. 1274). Attribution is uncertain.
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında
Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner. Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1056625870
