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Sharḥ-i Zīj-i Ulugh Bēg.Explanation of Zīj-i Ulugh Bēg.
( شرح زيج الغ بيگ)

Title	Sharḥ-i Zīj-i Ulugh Bēg.Explanation of Zīj-i Ulugh Bēg.
Title Original	شرح زيج الغ بيگ
Author	Birjandī, Abd al-Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn Husayn, active 16th century.
Publication Date:	1523
Subject	Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449. Zīj-i jadīd-i Sultanī., Astronomy--Early works to 1800., Astronomy.
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	242 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 244 x 174 (190 x 130) mm bound to 247 x 186 mm + 2 notes
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	122621545
Record ID	9951131033503681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date	1523
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from added title (f. 1r), Foliation: Paper, ii + 242; [1-11, i, 12-63, i, 64-85, i, 86-87, i, 88-130, i, 131-220, i, 221-230, i, 231-242], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso., Layout: Written in 19 long lines., Script: Written in neat nastaʻlīq script in black ink, by the author, with marginal commentary in the hand of Mullah Muẓaffar (f. 239v)., Decoration: Numerous diagrams and some tables in red and black ink; 2 marginal diagrams in green ink (f. 209r); overlining in red throughout., Binding: Later black leather over pasteboard (Type III); some notes and diagrams in margins show signs of trimming., Origin: Copy completed in Rajab 929 A.H. (June 1523) by the author (Anā al-ʻabd ʻAbd al-ʻAlī) with date conversions given to three other calendars (f. 240r)., Reading note (f. 240r); other notes (f. 240v, [242]v). \| Persian. \| Formerly owned by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; sold at auction as part of his collection at Piasa (Paris), 7 June 1999., Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Mar 2001., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Sample Text	Commentary on the Zīj-i jadīd-i Sulṭānī, which comprised tables of calendar calculations, trigonometry, planets, and stars compiled from observations made at the observatory in Samarqand, completed in 1447. Includes some tables, marginal commentary attributed to Mullah Muẓaffar (f. 239v), 7 generally contemporary diagrams tipped in, and 1 diagram and 1 small note laid in.
Atıf Şekli	UPenn LJS 411.
Atıf Yapılan	Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 77 (LJS 411).
Tür	Manuscripts, Persian., Manuscripts, 15th century., Manuscripts, Renaissance., codices (bound manuscripts), commentaries, diagrams, tables (documents)

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Sharḥ-i Zīj-i Ulugh Bēg.Explanation of Zīj-i Ulugh Bēg.

( شرح زيج الغ بيگ)

Author Birjandī, Abd al-Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn Husayn, active 16th century.

Publication Date 1523

Subject Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449. Zīj-i jadīd-i Sultanī., Astronomy--Early works to 1800., Astronomy.

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 242 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 244 x 174 (190 x 130) mm bound to 247 x 186 mm + 2 notes

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 122621545

Record ID 9951131033503681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Date 1523

Notes Ms. codex., Title from added title (f. 1r), Foliation: Paper, ii + 242; [1-11, i, 12-63, i, 64-85, i, 86-87, i, 88-130, i, 131-220, i, 221-230, i, 231-242], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso., Layout: Written in 19 long lines., Script: Written in neat nastaʻlīq script in black ink, by the author, with marginal commentary in the hand of Mullah Muẓaffar (f. 239v)., Decoration: Numerous diagrams and some tables in red and black ink; 2 marginal diagrams in green ink (f. 209r); overlining in red throughout., Binding: Later black leather over pasteboard (Type III); some notes and diagrams in margins show signs of trimming., Origin: Copy completed in Rajab 929 A.H. (June 1523) by the author (Anā al-ʻabd ʻAbd al-ʻAlī) with date conversions given to three other calendars (f. 240r)., Reading note (f. 240r); other notes (f. 240v, [242]v). | Persian. | Formerly owned by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; sold at auction as part of his collection at Piasa (Paris), 7 June 1999., Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Mar 2001., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Sample Text Commentary on the Zīj-i jadīd-i Sulṭānī, which comprised tables of calendar calculations, trigonometry, planets, and stars compiled from observations made at the observatory in Samarqand, completed in 1447. Includes some tables, marginal commentary attributed to Mullah Muẓaffar (f. 239v), 7 generally contemporary diagrams tipped in, and 1 diagram and 1 small note laid in.

Atıf Şekli UPenn LJS 411.

Atıf Yapılan Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 77 (LJS 411).

Tür Manuscripts, Persian., Manuscripts, 15th century., Manuscripts, Renaissance., codices (bound manuscripts), commentaries, diagrams, tables (documents)