Three treatises on astrology, astronomy and time-keeping

Content

An Ottoman collection of texts on astronomy and related subjects.

Contents:

(1) Abū Ma‘shar (أبو معشر), Kitāb al-milal wa-al-duwwal (كتاب الملل والدوّل; ff. 1r-117r);

(2) Muḥammad al-Ṣūfī (محمد الصوفي), al-I‘lām bi-shadd al-minkām (الإعلام بشدّ المنكام; ff. 118v-127r);

(3) Najm al-Dīn Muḥammad Ma‘rūf (نجم الدين محمد معروف), Mir’āt al-ayyām wa-al-daraj (مرآة الأيام والدرج; ff. 128r-144v).

Extent and format

Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+145+i

It is grouped into

Kitāb al-milal wa-al-duwwal كتاب الملل والدوّل Abū Ma‘shar أبو معشر

233 images

Ref: Or 7716, ff 1r-117r

al-I‘lām bi-shadd al-minkām الإعلام بشدّ المنكام Muḥammad al-Ṣūfī محمد الصوفي

18 images

Ref: Or 7716, ff 118v-127r

Mir’āt al-ayyām wa-al-daraj مرآة الأيام والدرج Najm al-Dīn Muḥammad Ma‘rūf نجم الدين محمد معروف

34 images

Ref: Or 7716, ff 128r-144v

Physical characteristics

Physical characteristics:

Material: Western laid paper, with water mark often partially visible in gutter near tail

Dimensions: 170 x 110 mm leaf [120 x 75 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil

Ruling: Misṭarah ; 21 lines per page; vertical spacing 18 lines per 10 cm

Script: Naskh

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and tables and diagrams in red

Binding: British Museum binding

Condition: Minor waterstains

Marginalia: Very few; marks that appear to be pen trials are found at the head of many pages and elsewhere

Seals: F. 1r

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Or 7716

History of this record

Date(s)

17th century (CE, Gregorian)

Immediate source of acquisition

Purchased from Murad Baroody ( Murād al-Bārūdī ), 13 April 1912

Related material

Finding aids

Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards, A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 38

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