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Subject(s)

• Astronomy, Arab—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Astronomy—Islamic countries—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Astronomy, Medieval—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Astrometeorology—Islamic countries—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islamic calendar—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Astrology—Islamic countries—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

An excerpt in Ottoman from an Arabic treatise in astronomy Bāriʻ fī aḥkām al-nujūm. The main text ends on fol. 50b and is followed on fol. 51b-64b by an incomplete text in astrology in Persian. The second text is in the same hand and on same paper.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 1b.
• 21 lines per page. Written in a small ruqʻah in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed paper with 'three crescents' watermark. Text 2 contains tables and charts.
• Incipit: قال ابو الحسن على بن ابى الرجال بو كتاب جليل ودفتر جميل تحويل سنى عالمده اقاويل حكماء جامع
• Explicit: ويغمور كثير اوله باذن الله تعالى لايعلم الغيبه الا الله عز وجل والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على محمد وآله اجمعين

Binding note

Marbled paper on covers with green fabric on spine and around cover edges.

Language note

In Ottoman Turkish and Persian.

OCLC

182863046

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