Details

Subject(s)

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

Summary note

Treatise on astrology in ten faṣl, compiled from 257 books (fol. 3b). In the introduction, the author lists his lineage and the works he has composed up to the writing of the present text (fol. 2a-3a). Ms. breaks off in the middle of the tenth faṣl.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 3b.
• On front cover: Label reading "218" in Arabic script.
• On spine: Label reading "452" in Arabic script.
• Ms. erroneously foliated beginning on front flyleaf. Record follows erroneous numbering.
• Physical description: 17-21 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords on some pages. A few marginal notes and corrections. Charts on fol. 184a-191b. Inserts between fol. 35-36, 164-165. Damp staining in upper outer margin; paper repairs to first, third, and last leaves with some loss of text.
• Incipit: الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة على من امتطى غوارب الرسالة واعتلى معاكب الهداية من الضلالة محمد وآله الاخيار واصحابه الابرار

Binding note

Full black leather with blind-stamped central mandorla and pendants and tooled fillets; purple pastedowns.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Owner's stamp and partially obliterated owner's statement on fol. 2a.

References

• Āghā Buzurg. Dharīʻah (1936), V, 246
• Storey, C. Persian literature, II, 48

OCLC

728025787

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