Author
Abu Nasr Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Tarkhan bin Ozlagh Al-Farabi Muhammad bin Muhammad Al-Tarkhani
Author Original
الفارابي، محمد بن محمد، هـ أبو نصر محمد بن محمد بن طرخان بن أوزلغ الفارابي محمد بن محمد الطرخاني
Subject
Music, Musicology
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
ff. iii + 256 + iv. Dimensions (leaf): 27.0 × 20.0 cm. Dimensions (written): 15.0 × 11.0 cm.
Library
FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID
MS. Arab. d. 257
Record ID
12867
Library Location
Bodleian Library, Oxford University
Notes
A copy of al-Fārābī's 'Grand Book on Music', collated and annotated by Rauf Yekta Bey.
Sample Text
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and may God’s prayers and peace be upon Muhammad, his family, and his companions. The book on the making of the science of music, written by Abu Jaafar Muhammad ibn al-Qasm al-Karaji, Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Tarhani, may God have mercy on him. The opening of the book. You mentioned your eagerness to consider what is included in the making of the science of music attributed to the ancients.
Koleksiyon
Oriental Manuscripts
Biçim
codex
Yazı Türü
Script:Professional Naskh/taʻlīq, in black ink.Scribe:ʻAbd al-Raʼūf al-Qazānī
