Five treatises on astronomy and mathematics in Persian and Arabic

Content

A collection of five astronomical and mathematical treatises in Persian and Arabic. Folios 77v and 78r have been left blank.

Contents:

• (1) al-Qūshjī (القوشجي), Risālah dar ‘ilm-i hay’ah (رسالة در علم هيئة; ff. 1v-46r)
• (2) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Tashrīḥ al-aflāk (تشريح الأفلاك; ff. 46v-56v);
• (3) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي), Risālah sī faṣl (رساله سي فصل; ff. 56v-77r);
• (4) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي), Bīst bāb dar ma‘rifat asṭurlāb (بيست باب در معرفت اسطرلاب; ff. 78v-103r);
• (5) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb (خلاصة الحساب; ff. 103v-135v).

Extent and format

Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. iv+135+v

It is grouped into

Risālah dar ‘ilm-i hay’ah رسالة در علم هيئة Qūshjī, ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad قوشجي، علي بن محمد

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Ref: Add MS 23569, ff 1v-46r

Tashrīḥ al-aflāk تشريح الأفلاك ‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين

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Ref: Add MS 23569, ff 46v-56v

Risālah sī faṣl رساله سي فصل Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد

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Ref: Add MS 23569, ff 56v-77r

Bīst bāb dar ma‘rifat asṭurlāb بيست باب در معرفت اسطرلاب Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد

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Ref: Add MS 23569, ff 78v-103r

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

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Ref: Add MS 23569, ff 103v-135v

Physical characteristics

Material: Eastern laid paper; blue paper ff. 94-101

Dimensions: 195 x 90 mm leaf [ff. 1v-79r 140 x 45 mm written; ff. 79v-135v 140 x 50 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil

Ruling: Misṭarah ; 18 lines per page; vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cm

Script: Naskh

Ink: Black ink, with rubrications and some diagrams and overlinings in red

Decoration: Illuminated opening ff. 1v-2r; illuminated ‘unwāns ff. 46v and 56v; titles in gold ink ff. 78v and 103v

Binding: red leather binding mixing European and Islamic styles; blind-tooled medallion and pendants

Condition: Very good; some margins repaired (ff. 94-113); lower corner torn from f. 110

Marginalia: Occasional notes and corrections; many on ff. 46v-59v and 104r-105r

Seals: f. 1r

Written in

Arabic and Persian in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Add MS 23569

History of this record

Date(s)

1055-1057 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Immediate source of acquisition

Purchased from Mrs Taylor, widow of Colonel Robert Taylor (1788-1852), Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Baghdad (1828-43), 14 April 1860

Related material

Finding aids

Cureton, William and Charles Rieu, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens (London: The British Museum, 1846-71), Item 1345, pp. 622

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