Folios from four manuscripts on scientific subjects

Content

Collection of unbound folios comprising four codicological units.

Contents:

(1) Abū al-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (أبو البركات البغدادي), Risālah fī sabab ẓuhūr al-kawākib laylan wa-khafā’ihā nahāran (رسالة في سبب ظهور الكواكب ليلًا وخفائها نهارًا; ff. 1v-3v);

(2) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي), Treatise on heat (ff. 4v-7r);

(3) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb (خلاصة الحساب; f. 10v).

The first two texts in this manuscript (ff. 1-7) form a single codicological unit, and previously were part (probably a single quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. ) of a larger collection as indicated by the Persian labels written before each text: 'Third treatise, three folios' (رساله سوم سه 3 ورق, f. 1r) and 'Fourth treatise, four folios' (رساله چهارم چهار 4 ورق, f. 4r).

Folios 8-10 form a second codicological unit. Folios 8r-10r appear to be the front flyleaves of the volume of which f. 10v is the first page of text, and they (ff. 8r-10r) contain assorted notes in Arabic and Persian with diagrams.

Unfoliated leaves i and ii came from a further two volumes, and contain notes in Arabic and Persian. Unfoliated leaf i-v contains what appears to be the fragmentary beginning of a text, while unfoliated leaf ii-r contains the fragmentary ending of another.

This entire collection of unbound folios was wrapped in a single printed quarto sheet with the title 'Act No. XIV. Of 1850. Passed by the Governor General of India in Council on the 22nd March, 1850' (Calcutta: Bengal Military Orphan Press, 1850).

Extent and format

Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. [without binding]; ff. 10+ii

It is grouped into

Risālah fī sabab ẓuhūr al-kawākib laylan wa-khafā’ihā nahāran رسالة في سبب ظهور الكواكب ليلًا وخفائها نهارًا Abū al-Barakāt Hibat Allāh ibn ʻAlī أبو البركات هبة الله بن علي

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Ref: Delhi Arabic 1919, ff 1v-3v

Treatise on heat Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد

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Ref: Delhi Arabic 1919, ff 4v-7r

Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb خلاصة الحساب ‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين

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Ref: Delhi Arabic 1919, f 10v

Physical characteristics

Material: Eastern laid paper

Dimensions: 230 x 145 mm leaf [150 x 80 mm written] (ff. 1-7) / 220 x 135 mm leaf [130 x 80 mm written (f. 10v)] (ff. 8-10) / 203 x 130 leaf [143 x 100 written (i-v)] (i) / 230 x 123 mm leaf [150 x 50 written (ii-r)] (ii)

Foliation: Eastern Arabic foliation in black ink (each text foliated separately); India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library foliation stamped in black ink

Ruling: No ruling visible; 17 lines per page; vertical spacing 12 lines per 10 cm (ff. 1-7) / vertical spacing 7 lines per 10 cm (f. 10v) / vertical spacing 10 lines per 10 cm (i-v) / vertical spacing 12 lines per 10 cm [extrapolated] (ii-r)

Script: Naskh

Ink: Black

Binding: None

Condition: Insect damage; binding and all stitching lost; of the main folios, ff. 6-5 and 8-9 are the only intact bifolia. Many historic repairs removed during conservation now stored separately with volume

Marginalia: On flyleaves only (i.e. ff. 8r, 8v, 9r, 9v, 10r, i-r, ii-r and ii-v)

Seals: ff. 1r, 7v, 8r, flyleaf i-r

Written in

Arabic, Persian and Farsi in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Delhi Arabic 1919

History of this record

Date(s)

17th-19th century (CE, Gregorian)

Provenance

The Government of India, its seal with central legend 'Delhi MSS' (ff. 1r, 7v, 8r, flyleaf i-r)

Immediate source of acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library, 1876

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