Author
Abū al-Qāsim al-Balkhī, Nūr al-Dīn, active 10th century.
Publication Date
1600
Subject
Astronomy, Arab, Astronomy, Arab /
Early works to 1800., Astrology, Arab, Astrology, 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. ([62] p.) : ill. ; 21 cm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
002583085
Library Location
University of Michigan
Notes
About: "A treatise dealing mainly with astrology.... This work merits investigation." David A. King, A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, 1986), p. 42. | Watermarks: Three crescents; initials W+W. For the first see Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 24.
Contains star tables and astronomical diagrams.
Rubrication on first 5 pp. only; marginal corrections in another hand.
Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owners' marks: on p. [1], owner's autograph: fī milk al-ʻabd al-faqīr ilá Allāh ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad[?] muʼadhdhin bayt Allāh ...[?]; on p. [1], milk al-faqīr al-shaykh ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-T[?]; inside cover, manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof.