Author
Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 521H
Subject
Astrolabes—Early works to 1800, Astronomical instruments—Early works to 1800, Compass—Early works to 1800, Nile River—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Watermarks (Paper)
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
13
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
99116513433506421
Record ID
dc7p88ct14f
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 521H
Date
01-01-1650 T00:00:00 G/12-31-1899 T:Khas:Khasz — 1650-1899
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from heading (fol. 1a)., Collection: Paper ; fol. 13; catchwords ; Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 22-25 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red or black., Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (shield with a face-in-the-moon and roman-alphabet letters "AG"); MS in good condition, some damage around edges., Origin: Entire MS appears to be written in the same hand., Incipit: [Message on the work] In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and may God’s blessings and peace be upon our master Muhammad and his family and companions... And after this is a chapter in which I mention the tolls on the half-circle straight road... -- [A treatise on drawing the astrolabe] In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. May God’s blessings and peace be upon our master Muhammad and his family and companions. This is a brief message in pronunciation. Very useful is the study on drawing the astrolabe... -- [This is a treatise on the science of needlework] In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful A chapter on knowing the work of the needle and the way to take a piece of hazelnut steel... [This is a treatise on working the needle house] In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Praise be to God, praise be to the participants and his prayers and peace... As for what follows, these are papers on knowing and making the needle house on the four sides... -- [This is an article in the Nile] In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful The Sheikh said. The scholar Abd al-Aziz al-Wafai... As for what follows, here is an example in knowing the amount of the increase of the Blessed Nile... [Tables] In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds... And after that, these are the tables for facilitating the demands in adjusting the planets, a chapter on knowing how to extract the motions of the planets..., Colophon: [A message in the work] It was completed, with the praise of God, His help, and His good success, and may God’s blessings and peace be upon our master Muhammad and his family and companions and peace always, forever and ever until the day -- [A message on astrolabe drawing] It has been proven. And God knows best what is correct -- [This is a treatise on the science of needlework] It was completed -- [This is a treatise on needlework work] It was completed with the praise, help, and good success of God in fifty -- [This is an essay on the Nile] This was completed with the praise, help, and good success of God -- [Tables] There is no power nor strength except in God, the Most High, the Great, Amen | 1. fol. 1a-4b: Risālah fī al-ʻamal bi-dāyirat al-muʻaddal fī al-bilād jamīʻan wa-kayfīyat istikhrāj al-ḥiṣaṣ wa-al-aʻmāl. An astronomical treatise on the use of the astronomical instrument called the dāʼirat al-muʻaddal (equinoctial circle)., 2. fol. 4b-7b: Hạdhihi Risālah fī rasm al-aṣṭurlāb / Muḥamad ibn Sulaymān al-Maghribī al-Malakī[?] al-Makkī [al-Rūdānī]. A treatise on the construction of the astrolabe., 3. fol. 7b-8a: Hādhihi Risālah fī ʻamal al-ibrah allatī lil-jihāt al-arbaʻ. A short treatise on the use of the mariner's compass., 4. fol. 8a-11a: Hādhā Risālah fī al-ʻamal bayt al-ibrah / lil-Shaykh ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Tājūrī. A treatise on the use of the mariner's compass., 5. fol. 11a-11b: Hādhihi Maqālah fī al-Nīl al-mubārak / lil-Shaykh ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz al-Wafaʼī. Short treatise determining the amount of the overflow of the Nile., 4. fol. 12a: [Fāʼidah on the mystical qualities of names], 5. fol. 12b-13b: Jadāwil tasʹhīl al-maṭālib fī tāʻdīl al-kawākib. Short astronomical essay. | Unbound. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1025, 1013, 996.
İnternette mevcut
arks.princeton.edu
Koleksiyonlar
Middle East Manuscripts, Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
Bağışlayan
Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
