Author
the scribe ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Zayn al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī
Publication Date
22 Friday I 1070 (AH, Hijri)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 5408, ff 133v-137v
Record ID
vdc_100139136389.0x000003
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
22 Friday I 1070 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Anonymous treatise on the use of the
astrolabe
Ancient instrument for astronomical observations.
quadrant. This short manual was written for beginners and consists of an introduction and ten chapters (
faṣl
).
The copy was completed on 22 Jumādá I 1070/4 February 1660 by the scribe ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Zayn al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī (Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Zayn al-Din al-Amili, see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 137v, lines 3-4 transcribed below). Next to the
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
the reading certificate of Zayn al-Dīn ibn ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad (Zain al-Dīn ibn Ali ibn Ahmad) dated 16 Jumādá I 960/30 April 1553, has been copied from the source manuscript (in serious handwriting, f. 137v, fore edge margin).
Beginnings (f. 133v, lines 2-4):
Praise be to God, the praise of those who are thankful, and his prayers upon our master Muhammad and his good and pure family
This is a message about working with the quadrant drawn with arches, and I made it a way for the beginner
To reach...
Ends (f. 137r, line 17-f. 137v, line 3):
And if the middle of the planet is at night...
So cast the risings of sunset from its risings, for the rest is the past in the night at its middle, even if you cast it
Ascension at sunrise, the rest happened at night, and the same applies to sunrise and sunrise
Its sunset, God knows best
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 137v, lines 3-4):
He wrote it from a copy read by my grandfather, may he rest in peace, the least of the servants, Ali bin
Muhammad bin Al-Hassan bin Zain Al-Din on the twenty-second of the month of Jumada Al-Awwal
Year 1070
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards,
A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894
(London: British Museum, 1912), p. 40
