Author
Zajjāj, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn al-Sarī, -923, أبو إسحق ابراهيم بن السري الزجاج, Meyerhof, Max, 1874-1945, Karpinski, Louis Charles, 1878-1956
Author Original
أبو إسحق ابراهيم بن السري الزجاج
Publication Date
1850
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor, Astronomy, Arab -- Early works to 1800, Calendar -- Early works to 1800, Moon -- Early works to 1800
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
1 v. ([15] p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1179201078
Record ID
990025830920106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
Possibly between 1850-1899
Notes
Earliest date probably late 19th cent. based on appearance of paper and note in colophon with copyist's name, suggesting exemplar was in a library collection: nuqilat min ḍimn majmūʻah taṭ raqm 198 m mīqāt wa-nasakha dhālik al-ʻabd al-faqīr ... Maḥmūd Ṣidqī al-Nassākh., Text rubricated; contains thumbnail sketches of the constellations., Watermark: No. 13/MILL., Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owners' marks: inside cover, manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof; inside cover, note in handwriting of Louis Charles Karpinski (?), "From Dr. Meyerhof in May, 1934."
Sample Text
Believed to have been lost, this work contains "an explanation of the system of the anwāʼ ['the acronychal setting of a star or constellation and the heliacal rising of its opposite (raqīb)'], a list of the mansions,... etc.; the explanation is accompanied by maxims and poetry." Charles Pellat, "Anwāʼ," Encyclopedia of Islam, v. i (Leiden, 1957), p. 523b.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Meyerhof, Max, 1874-1945, former owner., Karpinski, Louis Charles, 1878-1956, 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.
Referanslar
EI2, v. i, p. 523b.
Elde Ediliş
History of Science, Meyerhof 29211
