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Subject(s)

• Ibn al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad -1412—Muqniʻ fī ʻilm al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah [Browse]
• Quadrants (Astronomical instruments)—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Algebra—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Mathematics, 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. 530H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Autographs [Browse]
• Watermarks [Browse]

Contains

• Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1423- Qawl al-mubdiʻ fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʻ. [Browse]
• سبط المارديني، بدر الدين محمد بن محمد، -1423 قول المبدع في شرح المقنع. [Browse]
• Mustafa bin Ali, Muvakkit, -1571. Risale-yi rub-ı daire. [Browse]
• مصطفى بن على موقت، -1571. رسالةء ربع دائرة. [Browse]

Summary note

A commentary on al-Muqniʻ, a poem on algebra, by Shihab al-Dīn Ibn al-Hāʼim. Followed by a Turkish text on the quadrant.

Notes

• Ms. composite codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 2a).
• A few marginal notes. Inscriptions and short texts on upper pastedown, fol. 1a, 37a and 49b-50b.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 50 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 17 lines per page.
• Description: Written in Fārisī and other scripts ; text of Muqniʻ in red and commentary in black ; overlining in red ; watermarks (fol. 1-37: anchor, countermark, animal (lion?) ; fol. 38-50?: crown-star-crescent) ; MS in good condition.
• Origin: [Qawl al-mubdiʻ] Copied Tuesday 2 Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1012 (fol. 36b).
• Incipit: [كتاب القول المبدع] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذي جبر قلوب اوليائه بحسن المقابلة ... وبعد فيقول فقير رحمه ربه محمد بن محمد بن احمد بن محمد الغزالى الدمشقى اصلا والمصرى مولدا المشهور بسبط الماردينى ... -- [هذا رساله ربع دائره] الحمد الله الذى جعل على البحر الاخضر للفلك قناطر المقنطرات مستقية الى سموات ...
• Colophon: وکان الفراغ من تعليق هذا الشرح المبارك يوم الثلاثاء ثاني شهر ربيع الثاني سنة اثني عشر بعد الالف من الهجرة النبوية على صاحبها افضل الصلاة والتسليم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وآله وصحبه وسلم وتسليما کثيرا دائما الى يوم الدين والحمد لله وحده -- [هذا رساله ربع دائره] تمت

Binding note

Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and marbled paper. Covers consist of two layers of paper. Some evidence that the pages have been trimmed.

Language note

Ottoman Turkish and Arabic;

Script

• Arabic alphabet;
• Fārisī.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1b: [astronomical inscription]
• 2. fol. 2a-36b: Kitāb al-Qawl al-mubdiʻ fī sharh al-Muqniʻ / lil-Shaykh Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad Sibṭ al-Māridīnī. In original colophon is a statement that the commentary was composed in 876 [1472].
• 3. fol. 37a: [fāʼidah]
• 4. fol. 38a-49a: Haza Risale-yi rub-ı daire. Text on the quadrant.
• 5. fol. 49b-50b: [miscellaneous inscriptions including of coordinates of Mecca and other cities among other topics]

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Provenance

Ownership signatures on title page (fol. 2a) include Janātīʹzādah[?]. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1048.
• Pertsch, Die orientalischen handschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 1491³.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340424908

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