Details

Subject(s)

• Astrology, Arab—Iran—15th century [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Treatise on astrology consisting of a muqaddimah, two maqālah, and a khātimah; missing the first few folios.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 1a by a later hand.
• Physical description: 18 lines per page; written in casual nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Catchwords and rubrication. Numerous charts. Extensive damp staining causing smudging of text on some leaves; edges ragged. Incomplete at beginning.

Binding note

Limp brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla, pendants, and fillets; marbled paper doublures.

Language note

Persian.

References

King, D.A. Survey, 159 (G57)

OCLC

807725312

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