Collection of astronomical texts.

Title:

Collection of astronomical texts.

Creator:

Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274

Date:

between 1500 and 1599?

Description:

Collection of astronomical works by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, which include material on sunset and sunrise, the size of the earth, the moon, the distance to the moon, the distance between the sun and the planets, movement of the spheres, and eclipses. Some marginal notes in another hand, affected by trimming.

Language:

Persian

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Manuscripts, Persian
Manuscripts, 16th century
Manuscripts, Renaissance
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Anthologies
Diagrams
Handbooks
Inlays (decorative components)
Early works
Astronomy--Early works to 1800
Astronomy

Provenance:

Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Mar. 2001.Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Extent:

Written in 21 long lines.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania

Rights:

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Identifier:

LJS 407

Is part of:

OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World

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