Details

Subject(s)

• Astronomy, Arab—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Summary note

Ottoman Turkish translation or paraphrase of an Arabic astonomical text.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 3b.
• Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq script in black on white paper. Keywords and markings in red; catchwords. Text ruled in red. Index on fol. 3a.
• Origin: Copy completed by al-Ḥājj Ḥusayn on 9 Muḥarram 1165 (28 November, 1751).

Binding note

Boards with cloth spine.

Language note

Turkish in Arabic script.

Source acquisition

Purchase; Knightsbridge Books, Ltd., 1996/9/19 (1997-31).

Other format(s)

Arabic ms., Third Series no. 393.

Other title(s)

• Şerh-i şahidi
• شرح شاهدي

OCLC

505789993

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