Author
Khawaniki, Ramadan ibn Salih al-Safati, -1745.
Publication Date
1700
Subject
Horology, Horology /
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. ([161] p. on 41 lvs.) ; 24 cm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
002594340
Library Location
University of Michigan
Notes
About: "A treatise on timekeeping in 23 bābs." David A. King, A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, 1986), p. 111. Marginal note on p. [1] refers to works of Ḥasan al-Jabartī on timekeeping. | Watermark: Scrollwork.
Text and marginal notes rubricated; marginal notes and corrections in hand of copyist; foliation added by copyist (?).
Possible early to mid-18th cent. date based on author's death date.
Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owners' marks: on p. [1], owner's seal and autograph: min niʻmat Allāh taʻālá ʻalá ʻabdhihi al-faqīr Aḥmad Ḥ[?]; on p. [1], owner's seal: min mumtalakāt al-faqīr ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Nāfiʻ; on p. [1], manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof.