Details

Subject(s)

• Astronomical instruments—Islamic Empire—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. 520H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks [Browse]

Summary note

A treatise on the use of the Dāʼirat al-muʻaddal, an astronomical instrument invented by the author. The treatise contains an introduction, fifteen chapters and a conclusion.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 5 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 25 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks? ; MS in fair condition but worm-eaten.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين قال الشيخ الامام العالم الفاضل عزالدين عبد العزيز بن محمد الوفاي الموقت بالجامع المويدي ... اما بعد حمد الله والصلاة على رسوله محمد خير خلقه فقد سالني بعض الاصدقا في عمل رسالة تحلي الاله التي سميتها بدايرة المعدل ...
• Colophon: تمت بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه والحمد لله رب العالمين امين

Binding note

Unbound.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 982.
• Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, V, pp. 249, 312.
• Catalogue des manuscrits arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 2521¹⁰, 2532¹. 2544⁷.
• Catalogus codicum arabicorum Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae, 1124.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340421736

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