Publication Date
1600
Subject
Astronomy, Arab, Astronomy, Arab /
Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic /
Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan /
Ann Arbor.
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Unknown
Physical Dimensions
1 v. ([34] p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
002594328
Library Location
University of Michigan
Notes
About: On timekeeping and determining the direction of the qiblah by observation of the movements of the stars, in 4 arkān; copy missing its first page, but all of muqaddimah is complete. | Watermarks: Anchor in circle; two anchors with REGISTER PAPER/1870 in roman. For the first see Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), nos. 1-8.
Contains astronomical figures and tables.
Text rubricated; marginal commentaries and corrections in hand of copyist.
Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owner's mark: inside cover, manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof; inside cover, manuscript notes in handwriting of Louis Charles Karpinski: "From Dr. Meyerhof May 1934."