A commentary on Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī's Bīst bāb dar maʻrifat-i asṭurlāb; followed by a jadwal on fol. 132b that was left out by the copyist as noted on fol. 131b.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from colophon on fol. 132a.
On front cover: Label reading "400" in Arabic script.
Illegible label on spine.
Ms. is erroneously foliated beginning on the second leaf. Record follows erroneous numbering.
Physical description: 16 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper with watermark. Back flyleaf is heavy, unglazed, laid Arabic paper added at a later date. Rubrication and catchwords; a few marginal notes. Original text overlined in red. Charts and diagrams in red and black. Foliated in Arabic script 1-133 (131 skipped). Extensive damp staining, but text largely unaffected. Some insect damage which has resulted in slight loss of text.
Origin: Paper appears to be from the 18th century. According to a marginal note on fol. 132a, the text was written in 893 H. [1487 or 8].
Incipit: فاتحه خطاب در هر باب و خاتمه مقال در همه حال سپاس و ستاىش حکمى سزد
شرح عبد العلى برجندى منجم بر بىست باب خواجه نصىر الدىن طوسى
OCLC
741573236
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