Five treatises on astronomy and mathematics in Persian and Arabic [‎i-v] (9/296)

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The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. iv+135+v. It was created in 1055-1057. It was written in Arabic and Persian. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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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).

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

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

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Arabic and Persian in Arabic script

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Reference: Add MS 23569
Title: Five treatises on astronomy and mathematics in Persian and Arabic
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r, 77v:78r, v-r:ix-v, back-i
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