Author
Ali ibn Riḍwān, -approximately 1068
Author Original
ʻAlī ibn Riḍwān, -approximately 1068, عل بن رضوان
Publication Date
1721
Publication Place
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[1721]
Subject
Ptolemy, active 2nd century—Tetrabiblos. Arabic—Commentaries—11th century, Astronomy, Arab—11th century, Astrology, Arab—11th century, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type
kitap
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
257
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9951704403506421
Record ID
5x21tj77c
Library Location
HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 3517Y, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 3517Y, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date
1721-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1721
Notes
Commentary on Ptolemy's Quatripartitum or Tetrabiblos. | Ms. codex., Title from colophon (fol. 257a)., 23 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red for “qāla” and headings. The headings are repeated in red on the margin. Thin dark cream paper with laid lines and pulp visible. Catchword on the verso of each leaf., Inscription in Roman script on a spine label, repeated on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover, and in red pencil on fol. 1a: "49Y"., Copy completed in Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1133 [Jan. 1721]. On accidents, an industry based on honest principles with ingredients, Explicit: standing, sick, Venus in Aries, Mercury in Pisces, in Tayt. These are things I have explained to you, so God has blessed you to ponder them and meditate on them, and God guides whom He wills to a straight path. Only the upper cover is extant: Red leather over paper pasteboard with guilloche outer border. Marbled paper pastedown. | Ownership statement in the name of Muḥammad Ismāʻīl, dated 19 Rajab 1341 [March 7, 1923] on fol. 1a. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942. | Mach, R. Yahuda, 5050, Ullmann, M. Die Natur- und Geheimwissenschaften im Islam, 1972, p. 337
