Details

Subject(s)

• Astrology, Arab—History—12th century—Sources [Browse]
• Astronomy, Arab—History—12th century—Sources [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Treatise on astronomy and astrology in two jins, with charts and diagrams. Extracts on astrology on fol. 205a-208a.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 2a.
• Physical description: 19 lines per page; written in naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Fol. 1-48 on blue glazed, laid European paper and written in nastaʻliq. Rubrication and catchwords. Insert between fol. 175-176. Foliated 71-226 in Arabic script beginning on fol. 49. A few stains and smudging.
• Origin: Copy completed by ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd al-Burūsī al-Qāḍī on the evening of 3 Ramaḍān 1055 H. [22 October 1645] (fol. 204b).
• Incipit: سپاس و ستاىش مر خداىرا عز و جل که افرىدگار است بى مخاىل

Binding note

Full brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla and pendants and tooled fillets; orange pastedowns.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Owner's statement and stamp on fol. 1a by Muḥammad Riḍā al-Munajjim.

References

• Storey, C. A. Persian literature, II, 47
• King, D. A. Survey, 154 (G33)

OCLC

732637081

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