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[Kitāb fī istīʻāb al-wujūh al-mumkinah fī ṣanʻat al-asṭurlāb]. [A book on understanding the possible faces in the making of the astrolabe].
( كتاب في استيعاب الوجوه الممكنة في صنعة الاسطرلاب)

Title	[Kitāb fī istīʻāb al-wujūh al-mumkinah fī ṣanʻat al-asṭurlāb]. [A book on understanding the possible faces in the making of the astrolabe].
Title Original	كتاب في استيعاب الوجوه الممكنة في صنعة الاسطرلاب
Author	Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 973?-1048.
Publication Date:	1228
Subject	Compasses (Mathematical instruments)., Astronomical instruments., Astrolabes--Early works to 1800., Astrolabes., Astronomical instruments--Early works to 1800., Compasses (Mathematical instruments)--Early works to 1800.
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	i, 86, i leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 252 x 171 (190 x 124) mm bound to 252 x 178 mm
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	793019702
Record ID	9949213493503681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date	1228
Notes	Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Foliation: Paper, i + 87 + i; [1-87]; some irregular foliation in ink, upper right verso., Layout: Written in 21-24 long lines., Script: Written in naskh in black ink; partially pointed., Decoration: Numerous diagrams in red ink; rubrications in red., Binding: 13th-century leather, blind-stamped, with replacement flap., Origin: Copy compled in A.H. Jumādá al-Ākhirah 625 (May 1228) (f. 66r, 86v)., Paper: Laid paper chain lines occasionally visible in sets of two., Given as a pious endowment (waqf) in 1292 A.H. (note in Persian in ink, f. 1r); several other notes and stamps (f. 1r, 75r), one dated 1120 A.H. (f. 86v). \| Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. \| Arabic. \| Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Apr. 2006., Displayed by Sam Fogg Ltd. in Ink and Gold: Masterpieces of Islamic Calligraphy, at the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, July-Aug. 2006., Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.
Sample Text	Collection of astronomical treatises, the main text of which is al-Bīrūnī's Kitāb fī istīʻāb al-wujūh al-mumkinah fī ṣanʻat al-asṭurlāb. This is followed by a short work on crab and drum astrolabes; a treatise on instruments, including one for finding the direction to Mecca; a treatise on the ecliptic; and a treatise on the compass, all copied in the same hand.
Atıf Şekli	Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī, Kitāb fī istīʻāb al-wujūh al-mumkinah fī ṣanʻat al-asṭurlāb (LJS 478). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
Atıf Yapılan	Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 53-54 (LJS 478).
İçerik	Alhazen, 965-1039. Maqālah fī ḥarakat al-iltifāf., Qūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustam, -approximately 1000. Fī al-ālah allatī tusammá al-birkār al-tāmm., Fī istikhrāj al-ṭāliʻ min al-Sarṭān wa-al-Muṭabbal., Fī ḥaqq al-qamr., ابن الهيثم، 965-1039، مقالة في حركة الالتفاف., قوهي، ويجن بن رستم، approximately 1000، في الآلة التي تسمى البركار التام., في استخراج الطالع من السرطان والمطبل., في حق القمر.
Tür	Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, 13th century., Manuscripts, Medieval., codices (bound manuscripts), diagrams, treatises, Stamps (Provenance), Annotations (Provenance)
Hakkında Yayınlar	Nikfahm-Khubravan, Sajjad. "Ibn al-Hayṯam’s Maqāla fī Ḥarakat al-iltifāf: Edition and Translation of the Introductory Part Based on a Newly Discovered Manuscript", Oriens 52 (2024), 275-314.

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[Kitāb fī istīʻāb al-wujūh al-mumkinah fī ṣanʻat al-asṭurlāb]. [A book on understanding the possible faces in the making of the astrolabe].

( كتاب في استيعاب الوجوه الممكنة في صنعة الاسطرلاب)

Author Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 973?-1048.

Publication Date 1228

Subject Compasses (Mathematical instruments)., Astronomical instruments., Astrolabes--Early works to 1800., Astrolabes., Astronomical instruments--Early works to 1800., Compasses (Mathematical instruments)--Early works to 1800.

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions i, 86, i leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 252 x 171 (190 x 124) mm bound to 252 x 178 mm

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 793019702

Record ID 9949213493503681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Date 1228

Notes Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Foliation: Paper, i + 87 + i; [1-87]; some irregular foliation in ink, upper right verso., Layout: Written in 21-24 long lines., Script: Written in naskh in black ink; partially pointed., Decoration: Numerous diagrams in red ink; rubrications in red., Binding: 13th-century leather, blind-stamped, with replacement flap., Origin: Copy compled in A.H. Jumādá al-Ākhirah 625 (May 1228) (f. 66r, 86v)., Paper: Laid paper chain lines occasionally visible in sets of two., Given as a pious endowment (waqf) in 1292 A.H. (note in Persian in ink, f. 1r); several other notes and stamps (f. 1r, 75r), one dated 1120 A.H. (f. 86v). | Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. | Arabic. | Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Apr. 2006., Displayed by Sam Fogg Ltd. in Ink and Gold: Masterpieces of Islamic Calligraphy, at the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, July-Aug. 2006., Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.

Sample Text Collection of astronomical treatises, the main text of which is al-Bīrūnī's Kitāb fī istīʻāb al-wujūh al-mumkinah fī ṣanʻat al-asṭurlāb. This is followed by a short work on crab and drum astrolabes; a treatise on instruments, including one for finding the direction to Mecca; a treatise on the ecliptic; and a treatise on the compass, all copied in the same hand.

Atıf Şekli Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī, Kitāb fī istīʻāb al-wujūh al-mumkinah fī ṣanʻat al-asṭurlāb (LJS 478). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

Atıf Yapılan Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 53-54 (LJS 478).

İçerik Alhazen, 965-1039. Maqālah fī ḥarakat al-iltifāf., Qūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustam, -approximately 1000. Fī al-ālah allatī tusammá al-birkār al-tāmm., Fī istikhrāj al-ṭāliʻ min al-Sarṭān wa-al-Muṭabbal., Fī ḥaqq al-qamr., ابن الهيثم، 965-1039، مقالة في حركة الالتفاف., قوهي، ويجن بن رستم، approximately 1000، في الآلة التي تسمى البركار التام., في استخراج الطالع من السرطان والمطبل., في حق القمر.

Tür Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, 13th century., Manuscripts, Medieval., codices (bound manuscripts), diagrams, treatises, Stamps (Provenance), Annotations (Provenance)

Hakkında Yayınlar Nikfahm-Khubravan, Sajjad. "Ibn al-Hayṯam’s Maqāla fī Ḥarakat al-iltifāf: Edition and Translation of the Introductory Part Based on a Newly Discovered Manuscript", Oriens 52 (2024), 275-314.