Two treatises on the sizes and distances of the celestial bodies

Name: Two treatises on the sizes and distances of the celestial bodies
Author: different copyists. Front flyleaf i was a pastedown

Title	Two treatises on the sizes and distances of the celestial bodies
Author	different copyists. Front flyleaf i was a pastedown
Publication Date:	17th-18th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	1
Physical Dimensions	175 x 120 mm
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	Delhi Arabic 1925
Record ID	vdc_100035862936.0x000001
Library Location	British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date	17th-18th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	Composite manuscript; folios 1-14 and 15-25 were originally two separate manuscripts, and were written on different papers by different copyists. Front flyleaf i was a pastedown, and was detached from the inside right board (front-i) during conservation work to reveal the inscriptions of H. Waterman and Sergeant Hutchins of the 13th Light Company as well as a rebus written vertically along the edge of the board that reads 'I see you, but you cannot see me'. Contents: (1) al-Kāshī (الكاشي), Sullam al-samāʾ (سلم السماء; ff. 1r-14r); (2) al-Dashtakī (الدشتكي), Safīr al-ghabrāʾ wa-al-khaḍrāʾ (سفير الغبراء والخضراء; ff. 15r-25v).
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Edinme Kaynağı	Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library, 1876
Gruplandırıldığı Yer	Sullam al-samāʾ (al-Risālah al-kamālīyah) سلم السماء (الرسالة الكمالية) Kāshī, Jamshīd ibn Masʿūd كاشي، جمشيد بن مسعود 27 images Ref: Delhi Arabic 1925, ff 1r-14r Safīr al-ghabrāʾ wa-al-khaḍrāʾ سفير الغبراء والخضراء Dashtakī Shīrāzī, Ghiyāth al-Dīn Manṣūr دشتكي شيرازي، غياث الدين منصور 22 images Ref: Delhi Arabic 1925, ff 15r-25v
Köken	H. Waterman, his inscription (inside right board [front-i]); Serg[ean]t Hutchins, 13th Light Comp[any], his inscription (inside right board [front-i]); The Government of India, its seal with central legend 'Delhi MSS' (ff. 1r, 14v, 15r and 25v).

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Two treatises on the sizes and distances of the celestial bodies

Author different copyists. Front flyleaf i was a pastedown

Publication Date 17th-18th century (CE, Gregorian)

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 1

Physical Dimensions 175 x 120 mm

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID Delhi Arabic 1925

Record ID vdc_100035862936.0x000001

Library Location British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Date 17th-18th century (CE, Gregorian)

Notes Composite manuscript; folios 1-14 and 15-25 were originally two separate manuscripts, and were written on different papers by different copyists. Front flyleaf i was a pastedown, and was detached from the inside right board (front-i) during conservation work to reveal the inscriptions of H. Waterman and Sergeant Hutchins of the 13th Light Company as well as a rebus written vertically along the edge of the board that reads 'I see you, but you cannot see me'. Contents: (1) al-Kāshī (الكاشي), Sullam al-samāʾ (سلم السماء; ff. 1r-14r); (2) al-Dashtakī (الدشتكي), Safīr al-ghabrāʾ wa-al-khaḍrāʾ (سفير الغبراء والخضراء; ff. 15r-25v).

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Edinme Kaynağı Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library, 1876

Gruplandırıldığı Yer Sullam al-samāʾ (al-Risālah al-kamālīyah) سلم السماء (الرسالة الكمالية) Kāshī, Jamshīd ibn Masʿūd كاشي، جمشيد بن مسعود 27 images Ref: Delhi Arabic 1925, ff 1r-14r Safīr al-ghabrāʾ wa-al-khaḍrāʾ سفير الغبراء والخضراء Dashtakī Shīrāzī, Ghiyāth al-Dīn Manṣūr دشتكي شيرازي، غياث الدين منصور 22 images Ref: Delhi Arabic 1925, ff 15r-25v

Köken H. Waterman, his inscription (inside right board [front-i]); Serg[ean]t Hutchins, 13th Light Comp[any], his inscription (inside right board [front-i]); The Government of India, its seal with central legend 'Delhi MSS' (ff. 1r, 14v, 15r and 25v).