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al-Zīj al-mukhtār min al-azyāj الزيج المختار من الأزياج Abū al-ʿUqūl, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad أبو العقول، محمد بن أحمد [92r] (200/426)
The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. iv+1+i+199+iv. It was created in 13 Shawwāl 1007. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Astronomical handbook (زيج) by Abū al-‘Uqūl Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ṭabarī (أبو العقول محمد بن أحمد الطبري, fl. ca 1300), teacher of astronomy at the Mu’ayyadīyah Madrasa (المدرسة المؤيدية), in Ta‘izz (تعز), Yemen, under the Rasulid Sultan al-Malik al-Mu’ayyad Dāwūd ibn Yūsuf I (الملك المؤيد داوود بن يوسف, reg. 1296-1321). The zīj is divided into two treatises (مقالتان): Treatise One (المقالة الأولى, ff. 3r-69v) contains the text, while Treatise Two (المقالة الثانية, ff. 70r-199r) contains the tables. Two tables of contents, one for each treatise, are found on f. 2v.
The tenth quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. (ff. 77-84) has been bound upside down. A note in English signed W.C. (= William Cureton?) and bound into the volume as f. 200 contains some basic information about the text and manuscript.
The copy was completed on Saturday 13 Shawwāl 1007/8 May 1599 (see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 119v, line 5, transcribed below).
Begins (f. 3v, lines 2-4):
الحمد لله الذي خلق السبع الطباق ورفع سمكها فسواها وزينها بالكواكب الظاهرة
الإشراق ليهتدي بها في ظلمات والبر والبحر وحلاها وقدر القمر منازل وأنار به الأغساق
وأوضح به معالم الحساب وجلاها وأبان أياته في الأنفس والآفاق ...
Ends (f. 119v, lines 1-4):
وإذ قد أتينا على ما وعدنا به في أول الكتاب فلنختم المقالة الثانية بما بدأنا به فنقول المحد لله
الذي ليس له كفوء ولا نظير ولا شريك ولا وزير ولا معين ولا ظهير وصلى الله على رسوله سيدنا
محمد البشير النذير السراج المنير وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين وسلم سلامًا متصلًا إلى يوم
الدين وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل ونعم المولى ونعم النصير ...
Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 119v, lines 4-5):
... تم الزيجم المختار بعون الله
وحسن توفيقه في يوم السبت ثالث عشر شهر شوال أحد شهور سنة ألف وسبع هجرية على صاحبها وآله وصحبه أفضل الصلاة والتسليم
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- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. iv+1+i+199+iv
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Material: Western laid paper
Dimensions: 295 x 200 mm leaf [245 x 140 mm written]
Foliation: Eastern Arabic foliation in black ink; quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. signatures (quaternions) in the form of Eastern Arabic numerals in black ink, overlined and circled in red are found in upper edge margins of rectos; British Museum foliation in pencil
Ruling: No ruling visible; 25 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cm
Script: Naskh
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings, punctuation and some elements of tables in red
Decoration: Calligraphic title page (f. 3r), first opening (ff. 3v-4r) has text frame in red
Binding: British Museum half-leather binding
Condition: Some foxing and stains, minor insect damage
Marginalia: Some, by more than one hand
Seals: f. 3r
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