Publication Date
1575
Subject
Astronomy > Islamic countries > History. Astronomical instruments > Early works to 1800. Arithmetic > Early works to 1800. Geometry > Islamic countries > History. Compasses (Mathematical instruments) Manuscripts, Persian.
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
278 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 200 x 140 mm, bound to 200 x 140 mm manuscript.
Library
Columbia University Libraries
Record ID
14677645
Library Location
Online
Date
1575
Notes
Manuscript codex. Titles supplied from table of contents pasted into front inside cover or from caption titles. Layout: Various layouts, but chiefly written 14-17 long lines. Script: Chiefly written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed; some marginalia in shikastah and some quotations in naskh. Decoration: Rubrications chiefly in red with a few in brown; numerous diagrams in red, black, and brown; some tables in red and black. Origin: Works 3, 5, 6 dated 1241 A.H. (f. 46v, 78v, 97r); works 8 and 9 dated 1245 A.H. (f. 171r); work 10 is dated 983 A.H. (255r); work 11 is undated. Shelfmark: MS Or 462. Gift of Sam Schaefler (library bookplate inside front cover). Bound in reddish leather over pasteboard; gold tooled frame; black doublure. Brabyn, Trevor and Ansari, Mohammad Sadegh. "On Void and the Plausibility of the Copernican Paradigm: an Indo-Persian Link in the Qajar Reception of Modern Astronomy." Philological Encounters 5.3 (2020): 378-408. - 1. f. 3v-4v: [On the names of the Solar months] 2. f. 5r-6r: [Introduction] 3. f. 6v-46v: Hayʼāt-i Fārsī 4. f. 47r: Ṣūrat-i tazāyud-i irtifāʻ bar sabīl-i tanāquḍ va tanāquḍ bar sabīl-i tazāyud 5. f. 48v-78v: Haftād bāb dar usṭurlāb 6. f. 80v-97r: Istikshāf āz rāyhā-yi tāzah-i ḥakīmān-i Farang 7. f. 98v-99r: [Astronomical tables] 8. f. 99v-140r: Ḥisāb-i Fārsī 9. f. 140v-171r: Dar ānchih tābiʻ-i masāḥat 10. f. 172v-255r: Risālah-i muʻīnīyah 11. f. 256v-278r: [Sharḥ-i Risālah-i muʻīnīyah] 12. f. 278v-287v: Risālah dar maʻrifat-i quṭbʹnamā - Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, -1474 or 1475. Risālah fī al-hayʼah. Persian. قوشجى، على بن محمد،, -1474 or 1475. رساله فى الهيئه. ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621. Tuḥfah-ʼi Ḥātimī. عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين، 1547-1621. تحفه حاتمى. Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, -1474 or 1475. Ḥisāb-i Fārsī. قوشجى، على بن محمد،, -1474 or 1475. حساب فارسى. Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274. Risālah-i muʻīnīyah. طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد، 1201-1274. رساله معينيه. Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274. Sharḥ-i Risālah-i muʻīnīyah. طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد، 1201-1274. شرح رساله معينيه. Yazdī, Abū al-Qāsim ibn Aḥmad. Risālah dar maʻrifat-i quṭbʹnamā. يزدى، ابو القاسم بن احمد. رساله در معرفت قطبنما.
Sample Text
Composite manuscript written in at least three hands and on more than one type of paper containing eight treatises on astronomy and arithmetic with an introduction; diagrams within and between the works. Some of the works are dedicated to Muḥammad Valī Mīrzā, the third son of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qajar (see for example, f. 171v, 279r).
Erişim ve Kullanım
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Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında
Schaefler, Sam, former owner. Mīrzā, Muḥammad Valī, 1789-1864, dedicatee. ميرزا، محمد ولى، 1789-1864, dedicatee. Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1149141862
