Anonymous treatise on the construction of the astrolabe and Kitāb al-mujmal fī aḥkām al-nujūm كتاب المجمل في أحكام النجوم Kūshyār كوشيار [10v] (35/86)
The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. iii+1+i+31+iii. It was created in Jumādá I 1056-18 Shawwāl 1061. It was written in Arabic, Persian and Farsi. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Composite volume containing two texts on the manufacture of the astrolabe Ancient instrument for astronomical observations. and on astrology.
The first text was copied in the middle of Jumādá I 1056/end of June 1646, while the second was completed on 18 Shawwāl 1061/4 October 1651 by the scribe Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Bīk Munajjim, 'the astronomer' (غياث الدين محمد بن حسن بيك منجم, see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 32v, line 9 transcribed below), whose ownership stamp and inscription is also found on f. 14r.
The tables, graphs, and calligraphic exercises found on ff. 11-13 are inserted into the volume.
Contents:
- (1) Anonymous treatise on the construction of the astrolabe Ancient instrument for astronomical observations. [رساله در صنعت اسطرلاب] (ff. 2v-9r);
- (2) Kūshyār ibn Labbān (كوشيار بن لبان), Kitāb al-mujmal fī aḥkām al-nujūm (كتاب المجمل في أحكام النجوم; ff. 14v-32v).
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- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. iii+1+i+31+iii
- Physical characteristics
Material: Eastern laid paper with wove paper used for repairs and inserts.
Dimensions: 190 x 330 leaf [first text: 275 x 105 written; second text: 270 x 130 written]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; 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 in pencil (cancelled); Eastern Arabic foliation on verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. head margins (ff. 2v-32v excluding inserts, ff. 23 and 26).
Ruling: Misṭarah ; 29 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cm
Script: Nastaʿlīq in different hands; the scribe of the second text is Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Bīk Munajjim, 'the astronomer' ( غياث الدين محمد بن حسن بيك منجم, see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 32v, line 9)
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in red
Decoration: None
Binding: Plain light brown leather binding
Condition: Paper edges damaged and heavily restored throughout; ff. 23 and 26 are inserted; some stains and smudges throughout
Marginalia: Intermittent marginal notes and corrections. Some notes in pencil (e.g., f. 16v)
Seals: ff. 2r, 14r and 32v
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1r:1v, iv-r, 9v:14r, v-r:vii-v, back-i
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