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A book on the Roman months. Summary of the Authority and the Keys, Kitāb fī al-shuhūr al-rūmiyah. Mukhtaṣar al-hayʼah wa-al-mafātīḥ.
(كتاب في الشهور الرومية مختصر الهيئة والمفاتيح )

Title A book on the Roman months. Summary of the Authority and the Keys, Kitāb fī al-shuhūr al-rūmiyah. Mukhtaṣar al-hayʼah wa-al-mafātīḥ.
Title Original كتاب في الشهور الرومية مختصر الهيئة والمفاتيح
Publication Place - [14--?]
Subject Time measurements—Arab countries—Early works to 1800, Months—Nomenclature—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type kitap
Language Arabic
Digital Yes
Manuscript Yes
Pages Count 82
Library: Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID 9947468163506421
Record ID sx61dm35g
Library Location HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 4657Y, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 4657Y, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date 1400-01-01 T00:00:00 AH/1499-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1400-1499
Notes Collection of two texts on time reckoning and astronomical matters. Two dates are mentioned in the text as "hādhihi al-sanah allatī naḥnu fīhā": 607 H. (fol. 45a, l. 3) and 612 H. (fol. 69b, l. 5). | Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., 14 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink, with use of red for headings and ornementation. The final letters of a line are often written in the margin (see fol. 31a). Light cream paper, glossy, with laid (and chain?) lines visible. Fol. 31-40, 33-38, 35-36, and 44-47 darker (tending towards orange). The paper has been ruled with a sharp tool (particularly visible on fol. 17b-20b). On fol. 65b-66a: Map. Incomplete at the beginning. Foliation in black ink using Arabic numerals (starts with 41 on fol. 1). Foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Collation: Paper, fol. 81 ; 1-7¹⁰ 8¹⁰ (+1, fol. 81) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf. | 1. fol. 1a-41a: Kitāb fī al-shuhūr al-rūmīyah., 2. fol. 41b-80a: Mukhtaṣar al-hayʼah wa-al-mafātīḥ fī ʻilm al-awqāt wa-al-maṣābīḥ lil-Sarrāj. | Dark brown leather over paper pasteboards with orange, green and brown marbled paper pasted on both covers. Leather over cloth for the spine. Paper pastedowns. Disbound. | Waqf dated 1194 H. on the pastedown of the upper cover. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942. | Mach, R. Yahuda, 4983, 5025
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A book on the Roman months. Summary of the Authority and the Keys, Kitāb fī al-shuhūr al-rūmiyah. Mukhtaṣar al-hayʼah wa-al-mafātīḥ.

(كتاب في الشهور الرومية مختصر الهيئة والمفاتيح )
Publication Place - [14--?]
Subject Time measurements—Arab countries—Early works to 1800, Months—Nomenclature—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type kitap
Language Arabic
Digital Yes
Manuscript Yes
Pages Count 82
Library Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID 9947468163506421
Record ID sx61dm35g
Library Location HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 4657Y, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 4657Y, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date 1400-01-01 T00:00:00 AH/1499-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1400-1499
Notes Collection of two texts on time reckoning and astronomical matters. Two dates are mentioned in the text as "hādhihi al-sanah allatī naḥnu fīhā": 607 H. (fol. 45a, l. 3) and 612 H. (fol. 69b, l. 5). | Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., 14 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink, with use of red for headings and ornementation. The final letters of a line are often written in the margin (see fol. 31a). Light cream paper, glossy, with laid (and chain?) lines visible. Fol. 31-40, 33-38, 35-36, and 44-47 darker (tending towards orange). The paper has been ruled with a sharp tool (particularly visible on fol. 17b-20b). On fol. 65b-66a: Map. Incomplete at the beginning. Foliation in black ink using Arabic numerals (starts with 41 on fol. 1). Foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Collation: Paper, fol. 81 ; 1-7¹⁰ 8¹⁰ (+1, fol. 81) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf. | 1. fol. 1a-41a: Kitāb fī al-shuhūr al-rūmīyah., 2. fol. 41b-80a: Mukhtaṣar al-hayʼah wa-al-mafātīḥ fī ʻilm al-awqāt wa-al-maṣābīḥ lil-Sarrāj. | Dark brown leather over paper pasteboards with orange, green and brown marbled paper pasted on both covers. Leather over cloth for the spine. Paper pastedowns. Disbound. | Waqf dated 1194 H. on the pastedown of the upper cover. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942. | Mach, R. Yahuda, 4983, 5025
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Koleksiyonlar Robert Garrett, Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts, Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
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