Astronomy Manuscripts 339 items

Description:: A collection of anonymous astrological and magical treatises. Also bound together with this manuscript is a lithographed copy of Kitāb fī al-tamām wa-al-kamāl by Abū Maʻshar. This book is in two parts, the first dealing with horoscopes of men and their signs the second with women. Each part has 12 sections.

Description:: Collection of astronomical works, including works on the astrolabe, horoscopes, risings and settings of the planets.

Description:: Astronomical or astrological treatise; deals with movement of celestial bodies.
Condition: torn, holes
Layout: 5 lines

Description:: Computation of solar, lunar and planetary positions for two dates in 1299 CE (midnight between the 14th and 15th of June and 6 pm on June 29th), with some Coptic numerals.
Condition: torn, holes
Layout: various lines in 3 columns + marginalia

Description:: Astronomical work mentioning the ecliptic orb, epicyclic orb, celestial equator, meridian cycle, and summer solstice.
Condition: holes
Layout: 26 lines

Description:: Astronomical work on the Hebrew and Arabic names of the planets.
Condition: holes, stained
Layout: 8 lines (recto); 1 line (verso)

Description:: Watermark: Three crescents. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 24.
Tables rubricated.
Date from owner's mark on p. [1].
Tables for sexagesimal multiplication and for astronomical observations.

Description:: Watermarks: Three crescents; initials PP/FVF in roman. For the first see Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 24.
Calculations rubricated.
Date in headings of pages.
Described inside cover as a "first draft of a calendar," this piece includes calculations for the visibility of the lunar crescent at the beginning of each of the Islamic months for the year 1209 [i.e. 1794-5] and for a lunar eclipse on 15 Rajab of that year [i.e. 5 February 1795].

Description:: Astrological tables written for the reign of Fatḥ-ʻAlī Shāh of the Qajar dynasty. The text has been rebound and is missing the end; flyleaves have been remounted and are covered in pen tests.

Description:: Watermarks: Praying figure; hillock with initials FT in roman. For the latter see Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), nos. 2610-2616.
Contains brief astronomical tables.
Text rubricated; text enclosed in red or black borders; copyist same as that of Mich. Isl. Ms. 813,2; corrections and marginal notes in other hands.
Pp. [1-5]. Bound with: [2] Tashīl al-ʻibārah fī takmīl mā naqaṣa min al-yasārah, pp. [6-41]; [3] Astronomical treatise, pp. [43-62]; [4] Calendrical work, pp. [66-84]; [5] Fragments in Turkish, pp. [85-90].
Fragments on calendar conversion and star observation, including a short calendrical table for Islamic years 1122-1126 [i.e. 1710-1714].

Description:: Text rubricated and overlined in red; marginal commentary in Turkish in hand of copyist (same as that of Mich. Isl. Mss. 750,2-4).
Date based on that in colophons of Mich. Isl. Mss. 750,2-3.
Pp. [1-5]. Bound with: [2] Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Kifāyat al-qanūʻ fī al-ʻamal bi-al-rubʻ al-maqṭūʻ, pp. [6-24]; [3] Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Risālah fī al-ʻamal bi-al-rubʻ al-mujayyab, pp. [25-38]; [4] Fāʾidah fī maʻrifat waqt al-imsāk fī ḥiṣṣat al-fajr, pp. [39-44].
Assorted material on timekeeping and the Coptic calendar.

Description:: Watermark: Crown with grapes; VINHA(?)/AGREST in roman.
Tables rubricated.

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