Author
'Alī ibn Muḥammad Jurjānī (author)
Publication Date
1420/1420
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Ff. 4v-52r
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100024112247.0x000001_ar | 81055/vdc_100024112247.0x000001_en | Add MS 23397, ff 4v-52r
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100024112247.0x000001_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1420/1420
Notes
Commentary by ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAli al-Ḥusaynī al-Jurjānī (Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Husayni al-Jurjani; d. 1413), known as al-Sayyid al-Sharīf (Al-Sayyid al-Sharif), on the
al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī ‘ilm al-hayʾah al-basīṭah (Summary of the Science of Simple Body), an elementary textbook of astronomy by Sharaf al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Umar al-Jaghmīnī al-Khwārizmī (Sharaf al-Din Mahmoud bin Muhammad bin Omar al-Jaghmini al-Khwarizmi; fl. early 13th century). The text contains numerous diagrams. The copy was completed on 26 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 822/13 January 1420 (see colophon, f. 52r, lines 10-13, transcribed below). The celestial bodies with the constants, the stars, and the greater and lesser luminaries...Ends (f. 52r, lines 7-9): Then they multiplied that by twelve, and the days of the lunar year were obtained in the conventional manner, three hundred and fifty-four days, five days, and one-sixth, and this year is less than the piquant solar year (?) by approximately ten days, twenty hours, and a half hour, and God knows best what is correct. Colophon (f. 52r, lines) 10-13): The writing was completed with God’s help and good success on the twenty-sixth of Dhul-Hijjah Al-Haram in the year eight hundred and twenty-two | Ff. 4v-52r | more | less
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