Author
Mi‘marzadah Husayn al-Anshari al-Qadir
Publication Date
13th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
235 x 165 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 5479
Record ID
vdc_100025071353.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
13th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Collection of four early treatises on astrolabes and associated astronomical instruments, bound together with a bibliography of the works of Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāziī.
A table of contents appears on f. 1v.
The scribe (of at least Item 5 [see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 113r, to the left of lines 17-18]) is ‘Alī ibn Yūsuf ibn Marwān (Alī ibn Yūsuf ibn Marwān) .
A reader's note at the end of the first text (f. 36v, lines 6-7) is dated 683/1284-5.
A waqfīyah seal and associated ownership inscription (f. 2r) makes it clear that the manuscript was endowed to the madrasah of the Mosque of Abū Ḥanīfah Mi‘mārzādah Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī al-Qādirī (Architect Hussein al-Ansari al-Qādirī) in the year 1290/1873-7
Contents:
(1) Abū al-Ṣalt (Abu Salt),
Risālah fī al-‘amal bi-al-aṣṭurlāb
(Treatise in the Work with Style; ff. 2r-36v);
(2) al-Farghānī (Al-Farghanī),
al-Kāmil fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb
(Al-Kamil in the Industry of Astrlab; ff. 37v-85r);
(3)
The Book of 'Aṣāh al-Ṭūsī wa-hūwa al-asṭurlāb al-khatṭī
(Kitab al-Asat al-Tusi and al-Astralab al-Khattai; ff. 86r-104v);
(4) 'Alī ibn 'Īsá al-Asṭurlābī (Ali ibn 'Isa al-Asṭurlābī),
al-'Amal bi-al-ṣafīḥah al-jāmi'ah al-ma'rūfah bi-al-āfāqīyah
(Al-Amal al-Safiha al-Jami' al-Ma'roof al-Afaqiyah; ff. 105r-107v);
(5)
Fihrist Kutub Muhammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāziī al-Mutaṭabbib wa-aghrāḍiha
(Catalogue of the books of Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi al-Muttabbab and its references; ff. 108v-113r).
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. 39
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from J.J. Naaman, 10 (?) April 1899
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-aṣṭurlāb رسالة في العمل بالأصطرلاب Abū al-Ṣalt, Umayyah ibn ‘Abd al-Azīz أبو الصلت، أميّة بن عبد العزيز
70 images
Ref: Or 5479, ff 2r-36v
al-Kāmil fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb al-shimālī wa-al-junūbī wa-‘ilalihumā bi-l-handasah wa-al-ḥisab الكامل في صنعة الأسطرلاب الشمالي والجنوبي وعللهما بالهندسة والحساب Farghānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr فرغاني، أحمد بن محمد بن كثير
96 images
Ref: Or 5479, ff 37v-85r
Kitāb ‘aṣāh al-Ṭūsī wa-hūwa al-asṭurlāb al-khaṭṭī كتاب عصاة الطوسي وهو الأسطرلاب الخطّي
38 images
Ref: Or 5479, ff 86r-104v
al-‘Amal bi-al-ṣafīḥah al-jāmi‘ah al-ma‘rūfah bi-al-āfāqīyah العمل بالصفيحة الجامعة المعروفة بالآفاقية Asṭurlābī, ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsá أسطرلابي، علي بن عيسى
6 images
Ref: Or 5479, ff 105r-107v
Fihrist kutub Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī al-mutaṭabbib wa-aghrāḍiha فهرست كتب محمد بن زكريا الرازي المتطبب وأغراضها
10 images
Ref: Or 5479, ff 108v-113r
