Astronomical treatise : manuscript, [16--?].

Title	Astronomical treatise : manuscript, [16--?].
Publication Date:	1600
Subject	Calendar, Coptic, Calendar, Coptic / Early works to 1800., Islamic calendar, Islamic calendar / Early works to 1800., 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. ([56] p.) ; 22 cm
Library:	HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID	002601799
Library Location	University of Michigan
Notes	About: Deals with the conversion of calendars in the Coptic and Islamic systems, making astronomical observations, and a very brief treatment of numerology. Text unidentified; copy defective (introduction missing), text begins with faṣl 1 and consists of 3 faṣls followed by 7 bābs and a khātimah. Colophon missing. \| Watermark: Anchor in circle. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), nos. 1-8. Text and table rubricated; marginal corrections in hand of copyist; marginal notes in another hand. Possible 17th-cent. date based on table showing correspondence of Islamic years 990-1500 [i.e. 5 February 1582-16 November 2077] with Coptic years 1299-1794. Microfilm available in repository. Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owner's mark: on p. [1], manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof.

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Astronomical treatise : manuscript, [16--?].

Publication Date 1600

Subject Calendar, Coptic, Calendar, Coptic / Early works to 1800., Islamic calendar, Islamic calendar / Early works to 1800., 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. ([56] p.) ; 22 cm

Library HathiTrust Digital Library

Record ID 002601799

Library Location University of Michigan

Notes About: Deals with the conversion of calendars in the Coptic and Islamic systems, making astronomical observations, and a very brief treatment of numerology. Text unidentified; copy defective (introduction missing), text begins with faṣl 1 and consists of 3 faṣls followed by 7 bābs and a khātimah. Colophon missing. | Watermark: Anchor in circle. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), nos. 1-8. Text and table rubricated; marginal corrections in hand of copyist; marginal notes in another hand. Possible 17th-cent. date based on table showing correspondence of Islamic years 990-1500 [i.e. 5 February 1582-16 November 2077] with Coptic years 1299-1794. Microfilm available in repository. Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owner's mark: on p. [1], manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof.