Author
Qaṭṭān, al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī, 1072 or 1073-1153 or 1154, قطان، الحسن بن على, Meyerhof, Max, 1874-1945
Author Original
قطان، الحسن بن على
Publication Date
1881
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor, Astronomy, Arab
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
1 v. ([88] p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1179197077
Record ID
990025943340106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1881
Notes
Title from opening matter (author's preface) on p.2., Date in colophon: wa-wāfaqat nihāyatuhu yawm al-sabt min awākhir shahr Jumādá al-ūlá min ʻām thamāniyah wa-tisʻīn wa-miʼatayn wa-alf min al-hijrah al-nabawīyah [ca. April 1881]., Text rubricated, with silver flecks and blue sand clinging to red ink ; marginal corrections in hand of copyist (?)., In Maghribī script., Contains astronomical tables and diagrams and a map of the northern hemisphere from Spain to China enhanced with blue sand., Watermark: Three crescents. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 24., Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owner's mark: on cover, manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof.
Sample Text
A compendium on theoretical astronomy, apparently an Arabic translation of the Persian, Gayhānʹshinākht by ʻAyn al-Zamān Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad Ibrāhīm ibn Aḥmad Abū ʻAlī Qaṭṭān Marvazī (d. 1153 or 4).
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Meyerhof, Max, 1874-1945, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Tracy W. McGregor Collection of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Mathematical and Astronomical Manuscripts. (CStRLIN)MIUH92-A20.
Elde Ediliş
McGregor Fund