Details

Subject(s)

• Astrology, Arab [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 513H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Autographs (Provenance) [Browse]
• Stamps (Provenance) [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• holographs (autographs) [Browse]
• diagrams [Browse]
• tables (documents) [Browse]

Summary note

Autograph copy of a work on astronomy and astrology dealing with the sun, the moon, the planets and constellations, the signs of the Zodiac and the astrological characteristics of the days of the week.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• A few marginal notes. MS contains a number of charts, tables and diagrams. Bio-bibliographical note about the author on the title page.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 56 + iii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 23 lines per page ; ruled.
• Description: Rubricated ; modern paper ; MS in very good condition.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لك الحمد يا من جعلت الشمس ضيا بين الكواكب السيارة رحمة للمخلوقات ...
• Ending : وتأمل لما هنالك لترشد الى الاعمال على وجه الکمال بقدرة الملك المتعال

Binding note

Contemporaneous quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in fabric and green marbled paper. Tan paper pastedowns and flyleaves.

Language note

Arabic;

Script

Fārisī.

Provenance

Ownership signature of Muḥammad Kamāl al-Dīn ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ḥarīrī al-Khalwatī al-Bakrī dated [1]28[?] and his seal impression (fol. 2a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1011.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340424586

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