Details

Subject(s)

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

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Scribe

• Maḥdhūb, Aḥmad, active 17th century [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 536H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• tables (documents) [Browse]

Summary note

An astronomical treatise on the surplus of the dāʼir, the latter being the distance from a star to the horizon measured on its parallel. Fragment on folio 12, with two charts and the end of a text, appears to be either a later addition or part of a separate treatise.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• A few marginal notes and glosses. With tables.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 12 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 21 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (crown-star-crescent) ; MS in good condition but stained with dampness.
• Origin: According to colophon copied Tuesday 18 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1105 by Aḥmad al-Maḥdhūb (fol. 11b). Fragment copied 10 Muḥarram 1110 by Manṣūr al-Shābāsī al-Mālikī al-Azʹharī (fol. 12b).
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على اعظم المرسلين وبعد فيقول الشيخ المام الحبر ... محمود القباني الشهير بابن قطب المحلي تعمده الله بالرحمة والرضوان ...
• Colophon: [رسالة على فضل الدائر] وكان فراغ من كتابتها يوم الثلاث 18 ربيع الاول سنة 1105 على يد الفقير احمد المحذوب مالكها -- [Fragment] وکان الفراغ من نسخ هذه الرسالة عاشر شهر محرم افتتاح سنة 1110 على يد کاتبها لنفسه بيده الفانية الفقير منصور الشاسي المالکي الازهري عفي عنه و[عن] والده

Binding note

Unbound.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1001.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340424618

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