Subject
Astronomy, Arab, Astronomy, Arab /Early works to 1800., Astronomical instruments, Astronomical instruments /Early works to 1800., Quadrants (Astronomical instruments), Quadrants (Astronomical instruments) /Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic /Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan /Ann Arbor.
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
1 v. ([54] p.) ; 24 cm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
002594329
Notes
Watermarks: Three crescents; face-in-the-moon in scrollwork; initials PG(?) in roman. For the first see Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 24. Contains trigonometric calculations. Text rubricated; marginal commentary and corrections in hand of copyist (same as that of Mich. Isl. Ms. 752). Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owners' marks: on cover, owner's autograph: min kutub al-shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-imām al-Qudsī; on cover, manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof.. Commentary on a poem by the same author (unidentified) entitled Tuḥfat al-sādāt, on timekeeping and the use of the sine quadrant. Copy is defective: 1 f. missing between pp. [15-16] and another between pp. [23-24], at least one signature missing at end.
İlgili İsimler
Meyerhof, Max, 1874-1945
