Three astronomical commentaries [iv-r] (743/749)
The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+364+iii. It was created in 822-828. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Collection of three astronomical commentaries from the 14th and 15th centuries.
A bibliographical note in English appears on f. 1r, and ff. 2r-3r contain astronomical notes and diagrams.
A number of related notes on scraps of paper have been bound into the volume.
Contents:
(1) al-Jurjānī, ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad (الجرجاني، علي بن محمد), Sharḥ al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʾah (شرح الملخص في الهيئة) (ff. 4v-52r);
(2) al-Turkmānī, Kamāl al-Dīn (التركماني، كمال الدين), Sharḥ al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʾah (شرح الملخص في الهيئة) (ff. 53v-109r);
(3) al-Nīsābūrī, al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad (النيسابوري، الحسن بن محمد), Tawḍīḥ al-Tadhkirah al-N āṣirīyah (توضيح التذكرة الناصرية) (ff. 110v-364v).
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- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+364+iii
- Physical characteristics
Material: Paper
Dimensions: 215 x 125 mm leaf [157 x 85 mm written]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil
Ruling: Misṭarah ; 27 lines per page; vertical spacing 18 lines per 10 cm
Script: Nasta‘līq
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in red
Decoration: Mandorla of blue and gold ink containing inscription in gold (erased) on red field (f. 4r); opening illuminated in blue and gold (ff. 4v-5r);
Binding: Red leather binding with blind tooled medallion and pendants, and two borders of two fillets each, containing stars
Condition: Minor waterstains to upper outer corner, some foxing
Marginalia: Many by various hands
Seals: ff. 4r and 110r.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:4r, 52v:53r, 109v, iii-r:vi-v, back-i
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