Details

Subject(s)

• Astrology, Arab—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 503H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Headbands [Browse]
• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• diagrams [Browse]

Summary note

A compendium of astrology in three divisions: (1) the universals, (2) the prohibitions, (3) the signs of the zodiac. With diagrams.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from caption (fol. 1a).
• One marginal comment. It is stated in the colophon that the work was composed in 606 [1209]. Notation on upper pastedown about Kashf al-ẓanūn's entry for the author.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 50 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 19 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (crown-star-crescent) ; MS in good condition. MS is rare.
• Origin: According to colophon copied Sunday 25 Jumādá al-Akhir 1107 (fol. 50a).
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين الحمد لله الذي ميز العقول حقايق قرايب صفته ... اما بعد فان الله تعالى لما افاض علي بفضله وشرفني بخدمة المقام ...
• Colophon: وکان الفراغ من تأليفها في يوم السبت المبارك ثالث عشر ين ربيع الاول سنة 606 والله تعالى اعلم. تم الفراغ من نسخ هذه الرسالة في يوم الاحد 25 جماد[ى] الاخر سنة 1107

Binding note

Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and paper. Endbands.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 971.
• Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 396.
• Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 5888.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340423584

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