Translation by Zīj Qasīnī [Terjeme-i zīj-i Qasīnī]
(ترجمهء زيج قسينى )

Name: Translation by Zīj Qasīnī [Terjeme-i zīj-i Qasīnī]
Author: Khalīfezāde Chīnārī İsmā'īl Efendi

Title	Translation by Zīj Qasīnī [Terjeme-i zīj-i Qasīnī]
Title Original	ترجمهء زيج قسينى
Author	Khalīfezāde Chīnārī İsmā'īl Efendi
Author Original	خليفه زاده چنارى اسماعيل افندى، هـم
Publication Date:	Undated
Publication Place	Quds - Palestine - Not identified
Subject	الفلك، 14 chapters of subject matter (maṭlab) and an epilogue. ff. 126b-239a contain tables describing the geographical position of Ottoman, Italian, Iranian,English, French and Polish cities; furthermore, tables to determine the times of sunrise and sunset, the movements of the moon, the stars and the planets, and other astronomical topics.
Type	kitap
Language	Ottoman
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	20.1cm × 14.9cm
Library:	Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation
Library Asset ID	Tur 24
Record ID	90146
Library Location	Palestine (Quds) - Al-Khālidiyyah LIBRARY - Palestine (Jerusalem) - Khalidiya Library
Date	Undated
Notes	Ottoman Turkish translation of a French work on astronomy, possibly the work Tables astronomiques du soleil, de la lune, des planetes, des étoiles fixes et des satellites de Jupiter et de Saturne (Paris 1740) by Jacques Cassini, son of the famous French astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712). The Turkish title of the work is mentioned on f. 3a. The tables (cedvel) have the sizes 17,0 x 8,8; 16,5 x 9,4; 15,0 x 7,7 cm; very few marginalia concerning the mathematical operations needed for converting dates from the Muslim into the Christian era. Undated, but the introduction mentions Sultan Muṣṭafā III (1757-1774). On f. 129a there is a note of unclear purpose by “Ismā'īl known as Khalīfezāde”, dated 1183 (1769). The work itself (ff. lb-124a) consists of an introduction.
Sample Text	(f. 1b):
Cilt	Modern binding of black pinhead cloth with brown leather spine, the latter showing remainders of a gold stamped decoration
Yazı hakkında notlar	non-calligraphie neskhi
Durum	ff. 51b, 125a-126a, 132a, 134a-136b are blank. Caramel-coloured paper with brownish stains; watermark of indistinct shape; trimmed.
Tezhip	On f. 1b a floral ‘unvān and rules in gold ink.
Mürekkep rengi	Black ink; chapter headings, numbers in the text and overscoring in red ink; otherwise the roles are in red ink
Satır sayısı	21
Yazı türü	Naskh

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Translation by Zīj Qasīnī [Terjeme-i zīj-i Qasīnī]

(ترجمهء زيج قسينى )

Author Khalīfezāde Chīnārī İsmā'īl Efendi

Author Original خليفه زاده چنارى اسماعيل افندى، هـم

Publication Date Undated

Publication Place Quds - Palestine - Not identified

Subject الفلك، 14 chapters of subject matter (maṭlab) and an epilogue. ff. 126b-239a contain tables describing the geographical position of Ottoman, Italian, Iranian,English, French and Polish cities; furthermore, tables to determine the times of sunrise and sunset, the movements of the moon, the stars and the planets, and other astronomical topics.

Type kitap

Language Ottoman

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 20.1cm × 14.9cm

Library Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation

Library Asset ID Tur 24

Record ID 90146

Library Location Palestine (Quds) - Al-Khālidiyyah LIBRARY - Palestine (Jerusalem) - Khalidiya Library

Date Undated

Notes Ottoman Turkish translation of a French work on astronomy, possibly the work Tables astronomiques du soleil, de la lune, des planetes, des étoiles fixes et des satellites de Jupiter et de Saturne (Paris 1740) by Jacques Cassini, son of the famous French astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712). The Turkish title of the work is mentioned on f. 3a. The tables (cedvel) have the sizes 17,0 x 8,8; 16,5 x 9,4; 15,0 x 7,7 cm; very few marginalia concerning the mathematical operations needed for converting dates from the Muslim into the Christian era. Undated, but the introduction mentions Sultan Muṣṭafā III (1757-1774). On f. 129a there is a note of unclear purpose by “Ismā'īl known as Khalīfezāde”, dated 1183 (1769). The work itself (ff. lb-124a) consists of an introduction.

Sample Text (f. 1b):

Cilt Modern binding of black pinhead cloth with brown leather spine, the latter showing remainders of a gold stamped decoration

Yazı hakkında notlar non-calligraphie neskhi

Durum ff. 51b, 125a-126a, 132a, 134a-136b are blank. Caramel-coloured paper with brownish stains; watermark of indistinct shape; trimmed.

Tezhip On f. 1b a floral ‘unvān and rules in gold ink.

Mürekkep rengi Black ink; chapter headings, numbers in the text and overscoring in red ink; otherwise the roles are in red ink

Satır sayısı 21

Yazı türü Naskh