Author
a much later
Publication Date
17th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
232 x 177 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 23390
Record ID
vdc_100022551545.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
17th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The manuscript appears to have been copied in the seventeenth century. The
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 87v) has been deliberately erased, and next to it a more recent hand has written '‘Alī the scribe completed its writing on 10 Sha‘bān 1320 Ali al-Katib)'. This date, however, is problematic since the manuscript appears to have been copied in the 17th century, while 10 Sha‘bān 1320 (= 12 November 1902) is clearly far too late to be correct. It is possible that the last line of this note was added later, and the intended date should be 10 Sha‘bān 1320 (= 18 October 1611), and this is the date written by a much later (probably ninteenth-century) hand on front paper iii. Cureton (
Catalog codicum manuscriptorum orientalium collected in the British Museum
, 1846-71, p. 620) suggests that perhaps the Calendar of the Martyrs, used by the Copts of Egypt, may be intended here for the year, but its use for the year alongside the Islamic (as opposed to the Coptic) month is odd. If the Calendar of the Martyrs were, indeed, the intended era, the date would correspond to 10 Sha‘bān 1012 (= 13 January 1604). In any event, the date offered by this note need not be taken as the actual date the manuscript was completed, since the manuscript's original was completed
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
has been erased and replaced with this note of dubious authority.
Contents:
1) Hero of Alexandria (Irene),
Fī raf‘ al-ashyā’ al-thaqīlah
(in lifting heavy objects);
2) ʻIrāqī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad (Iraqi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad),
‘Uyūn al-ḥaqā’iq wa-īḍāḥ al-tarā’iq
(The eyes of truth and the light of the road).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Cureton, William,
Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens
(London: The British Museum 1846-71), Item 1337, pp. 619-20
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Mrs Taylor, April 1860
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Fī raf‘ al-ashyā’ al-thaqīlah في رفع الأشياء الثقيلة Hero of Alexandria إيرن الإسكندراني
95 images
Ref: Add MS 23390, ff 3r-50r
‘Uyūn al-ḥaqā’iq wa-īḍāḥ al-ṭarā’iq عيون الحقائق وايضاح الطرائق ‘Irāqī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad عراقي، محمد ابن أحمد
75 images
Ref: Add MS 23390, ff 50v-87v
Köken
Undated seal (f. 3r)
