Watermarks: Anchor in circle. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), nos. 1-8.Contains a table of the risings and settings of the planets on each day of the week.Text rubricated; marginal notes and corrections in hand of copyist.Unidentified work. Copy defective: beginning missing up to last few pp. of bāb 1; also, 2 or 3 ff. missing between pp. [28-29].
Contains tables and diagrams of the markings on astronomical instruments.Text rubricated; marginal notes in hand of copyist and others."Said by the dealer from whom it was purchased to be a rare work on astronomical instruments by Abū Jaʻfar Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, al-Ṭūsī, 587/1201-672/1274. No such treatise by Naṣīr al-Dīn is listed among his works by Suter or Brockelmann, and the author's name does not appear in this manuscript.... The beginning [is] lost ... it is apparent that many other folios have been either lost or misplaced." Cataloging by Elinor M. Husselman, 1945.Instructions on how to make astrolabes and other astronomical manuscripts, and how to use them in astronomical observations.
Abstract: Treatise on astronomy in thirty chapters. The volume also contains portions of a work on astronomy by Kushyār ibn Labbān (Maqālah 3, bāb 9-11 and 3).Binding note: Covers and envelope flap made of brown leather over paper pasteboards. The covers are similarly decorated, with a central blind-stamped mandorla and a border of two double blind fillets. The envelope flap has the same border and a blind stamped roundel on the point. Paper pastedowns.Contents: 1. fol. 2a-96a : Kitāb al-Majisṭī / Farghānī.Contents: 2. fol. 96b-116b : Excerpts from al-Zīj al-jāmiʻ / Kūshyār, d. ca. 961 (Maqālah 3, Bāb 9 : Fī ʻilm al-hayʼah ; Bāb 10 : Fī al-ṭarīq ilá masāḥat al-arḍ ; Bāb 11 : Fī maqādīr al-abʻād wa-al-ajrām ; Bāb 3 : Fī ṣifat azmān mā bayna al-kusūfāt).Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 1a).The name of the author appears in the opening of the text as Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī (fol. 2b).The title also appears on the lower edge (hardly legible).11 long lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink, with red for headings, numbers and overlining. Glazed European paper with watermark. A few corrections in the margin. On fol. 1a: inscription "L135 (Ga.II.29)". On the pastedown on the upper cover: Arabic number "139".Collation: Paper, fol. 116 ; 1¹⁰ (-1 with no loss of text) 2-11¹⁰ 12⁶ (+1) ; quires numbered using Arabic numerals (quire 3 and 4 only, fol. 20a and 30a) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.Copied by Khalīl ibn Aḥmad al-Tūnisī in 22 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1068 (colophon, fol. 116b, with the seal of the copyist).Incipit : بسم ... هذا كتاب الفه احمد بن محمد بن كثير الفرغاني الحاسب في جوامع علم النجوم واصول الهيئةِ وحركات الاشخاص السماوية وهي ثلاثون فصلا الفصل الاول في سني العرب و العجم ... الفصل الثاني في ان السماءExplicit : والاخر في الناحية الجنوبية فقد بينا من كشوف الشمس والقمر ما فيه كفاية ان شآء الله تعالي تم الكتاب
Collection of four treatises on astronomy copied between 15 (?) Dhū al-Qa‘dah 1226/1 (?) December 1811 and 20 Jumādá I 1227/29 (?) May 1812 by Muḥammad Muḥsin ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Dawrī (محمد محسن بن محمد صالح بن محي الدين الدوري, see ff. 1r, 235r, 245v, and 255v), Qāḍī at Ūrdá (? القاضي بالاوردى, f. 245v) for his own use (ff. 1r and 245v).Contents:(1) Qāḍīʹzādah al-Rūmī (قاضي زاده الرومي),
Sharḥ al-mulakhkhaṣ fī ‘ilm al-hayʾah(شرح الملخص في علم الهيئة; ff. 1r-100v);(2) al-Birjandī (البرجندي), [
Taʿlīqāt ʿalá sharḥ al-mulakhkhaṣ] ([تعليقات على شرح الملخص]; ff. 102r-235r);(3) Fakhrī'zādah al-Mawṣilī (فخري زاده الموصلي),
Sawāniḥ al-qarīḥah fī sharḥ al-ṣafīḥah fī ‘ilm al-asṭurlāb(سوانح القريحة في شرح الصفيحة في علم الأسطرلاب; ff. 237r-245v);(4) Bahā’ al-Dīn al-‘Āmilī (بهاء الدين العاملي),
Tashrīḥ al-aflāk(تشريح الأفلاك; ff. 247r-255v).A small unfoliated leaf has been been bound into the volume between ff. 113 and 114Codex; ff. i+257+iiMaterial: Western laid paperDimensions: 202 x 140 mm leaf [125-55 x 65-95 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 17-25 lines per page; vertical spacing 13-16 lines per 10 cmScript:
Naskh; the scribe is Muḥammad Muḥsin ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Dawrī (محمد محسن بن محمد صالح بن محي الدين الدوري, see ff. 1r, 235r, 245v, and 255v)Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings and diagrams in redDecoration: NoneBinding: Red leather binding with envelope flap; gold-tooled medallions on boards, and blind-tooled border on boards and flap; xylographic decorated doublure of yellow paper on inner boards and flap; marbled paper visible on inner joints of flapCondition: F. 1 torn and repaired, minor tidemark to edgeMarginalia: Numerous by more than one handSeals: f. 1r
Contents:(1) al-Lāhūrī (اللاهوري),
al-Taṣrīḥ fī sharḥ al-tashrīḥ(التصريح في شرح التشريح; ff. 1r-16r);(2) al-Landanī (اللندني),
al-Ijābah ʿalá taʿ
līq al-Jawnbūrī(الإجابة على تعليق الجونبوري; ff. 16v-22r);(3) Anonymous,
Tarjamah-’i Sab‘ shidād(ترجمه سبع الشداد; ff. 23r-44v);(4) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي),
Risālah fī kayfīyat al-ʿamal bi-al-asṭurlāb(رسالة في كيفية العمل بالأسطرلاب; ff. 47r-60v).Codex; ff. ii+62+iiMaterial: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 295 x 175 mm leaf [200-30 x 110 mm written]Foliation: India Office Library foliation stamped in black inkRuling:
Misṭarah; 23-25 lines per page; vertical spacing 12 lines per 10 cmScript:
Nasta’līqInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in redDecoration: NoneBinding: Case binding; boards with red leather at edges and spine and marbled paper in centreCondition: Minor insect damage, some holes repaired; extensive pre-digitisation conservation work to spine and bindingMarginalia: Almost noneSeals: 1r, 16r, 22v, 23r, and 60v
The volume comprises three distinct manuscripts (ff. 1v-63r, 63v-67r and 68r-135r).Contents:(1) Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين الطوسي),
Taḥrīr al-Majisṭī(تحرير المجسطي ; ff. 1v-63r);(2) Menelaus of Alexandria (مانالاوس),
Fī ashkāl al-kurīyah(في أشكال الكرية; ff. 63v-67r);(3) Ulugh Beg (ألغ بيك),
Zīj-i Ulugh Beg(زيج ألغبيك; ff. 68r-135r).Codex; ff. v+135+4Material: PaperDimensions: 235 x 160 mm leaf [180 x 115 mm written ff. 1v-63r; entire writing surface used ff. 63v-67v; 180 x 132 mm written ff. 68v-135v]Foliation: British Library foliation in pencil; previous foliation in Arabic-Indic numerals, black ink, visible on some foliosRuling:
Misṭarah; 32 lines per page ff. 1v-63r, approximately 60 lines per page ff. 63v-67v, 33 lines per page ff. 68v-135v; vertical spacing 18 lines per 10 cm ff. 1v-63r, 27 lines per 10 cm ff. 63v-67v, 16 lines per 10 cm ff. 68v-135vScript:
Naskh; the scribe of Item 1 (ff. 1v-63r) is Ḥamzah ibn ‘Alī ibn Ḥamzah al-Qazwīnī al-Bayhaqī, known as Sa‘d al-Khurāsānī (حمزة بن على بن حمزة القزويني البيهقي المشهور بسعد الخراساني; see colophon on f. 62r)Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings, diagrams and table borders in redBinding: India Office binding with guardsCondition: Badly worm eaten; all folios removed from quires, protected with silk and mounted on guards; one folios is missing after folio 32Marginalia: Numerous and mostly in hand of scribeSeals: Ff. 1r, 68r, 105r, 106r and 135v
An Ottoman collection of texts on astronomy and related subjects.Contents:(1) Abū Ma‘shar (أبو معشر), Kitāb al-milal wa-al-duwwal (كتاب الملل والدوّل; ff. 1r-117r);(2) Muḥammad al-Ṣūfī (محمد الصوفي), al-I‘lām bi-shadd al-minkām (الإعلام بشدّ المنكام; ff. 118v-127r);(3) Najm al-Dīn Muḥammad Ma‘rūf (نجم الدين محمد معروف), Mir’āt al-ayyām wa-al-daraj (مرآة الأيام والدرج; ff. 128r-144v).Codex; ff. i+145+iPhysical characteristics:Material: Western laid paper, with water mark often partially visible in gutter near tailDimensions: 170 x 110 mm leaf [120 x 75 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 21 lines per page; vertical spacing 18 lines per 10 cmScript:
NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and tables and diagrams in redBinding: British Museum bindingCondition: Minor waterstainsMarginalia: Very few; marks that appear to be pen trials are found at the head of many pages and elsewhereSeals: F. 1r
Collection of three astronomical commentaries from the 14th and 15th centuries.A bibliographical note in English appears on f. 1r, and ff. 2r-3r contain astronomical notes and diagrams.A number of related notes on scraps of paper have been bound into the volume.Contents:(1) al-Jurjānī, ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad (الجرجاني، علي بن محمد),
Sharḥ al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʾah(شرح الملخص في الهيئة) (ff. 4v-52r);(2) al-Turkmānī, Kamāl al-Dīn (التركماني، كمال الدين),
Sharḥ al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʾah(شرح الملخص في الهيئة) (ff. 53v-109r);(3) al-Nīsābūrī, al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad (النيسابوري، الحسن بن محمد),
Tawḍīḥ al-Tadhkirah al-Nāṣirīyah(توضيح التذكرة الناصرية) (ff. 110v-364v).Codex; ff. ii+364+iiiMaterial: PaperDimensions: 215 x 125 mm leaf [157 x 85 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 27 lines per page; vertical spacing 18 lines per 10 cmScript:
Nasta‘līqInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in redDecoration: Mandorla of blue and gold ink containing inscription in gold (erased) on red field (f. 4r); opening illuminated in blue and gold (ff. 4v-5r);Binding: Red leather binding with blind tooled medallion and pendants, and two borders of two fillets each, containing starsCondition: Minor waterstains to upper outer corner, some foxingMarginalia: Many by various handsSeals: ff. 4r and 110r.
Three texts on mathematics and astronomy related to Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين العاملي; d. 1621), two by al-‘Āmilī, and a commentary by his student Jawād ibn Saʿd ibn Jawād al-Kāẓimī (جواد بن سعد بن جواد الكاظمي, d. ca 1654-5 [see al-Amīn,
A‘yān al-shi‘ah, vol. 4, p. 271]).The three texts were transcribed in 1114/1702-3 by Ibn Muḥammad Riḍá Muḥammad Amīn (ابن محمد رضى محمد أمين, see ff. 131v, lines 6-9, 142r, lines 18-19, and 158v).Contents:(1) al-Kāẓimī (الكاظمي),
Sharḥ khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(شرح خلاصة الحساب; ff. 2r-131v);(2) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي),
Tashrīḥ al-aflāk(تشريح الأفلاك; ff. 132r-142r);(3) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي),
Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(خلاصة الحساب; ff. 142v-158v).Codex; ff. 158+iiiMaterial: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 200 x 130 mm leaf [135 x 75 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: Margins ruled, but no line ruling; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 15 lines per 10 cmScript:
Nasta‘līq; the scribe is Ibn Muḥammad Riḍá Muḥammad Amīn (ابن محمد رضى محمد أمين, see ff. 131v, lines 6-9 and 158v next to colophon)Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and diagrams and overlinings in redBinding: Eastern binding without flap; red leather spine, boards covered with yellow paperCondition: Tidemark at upper edge corner towards back of volumeMarginalia: Few, most in first itemSeals: None
A collection of five astronomical and mathematical treatises in Persian and Arabic. Folios 77v and 78r have been left blank.Contents:(1) al-Qūshjī (القوشجي),
Risālah dar ‘ilm-i hay’ah(رسالة در علم هيئة; ff. 1v-46r)(2) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي),
Tashrīḥ al-aflāk(تشريح الأفلاك; ff. 46v-56v);(3) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي),
Risālah sī faṣl(رساله سي فصل; ff. 56v-77r);(4) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي),
Bīst bāb dar ma‘rifat asṭurlāb(بيست باب در معرفت اسطرلاب; ff. 78v-103r);(5) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي),
Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(خلاصة الحساب; ff. 103v-135v).Codex; ff. iv+135+vMaterial: Eastern laid paper; blue paper ff. 94-101Dimensions: 195 x 90 mm leaf [ff. 1v-79r 140 x 45 mm written; ff. 79v-135v 140 x 50 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 18 lines per page; vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cmScript:
NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubrications and some diagrams and overlinings in redDecoration: Illuminated opening ff. 1v-2r; illuminated
‘unwānsff. 46v and 56v; titles in gold ink ff. 78v and 103vBinding: red leather binding mixing European and Islamic styles; blind-tooled medallion and pendantsCondition: Very good; some margins repaired (ff. 94-113); lower corner torn from f. 110Marginalia: Occasional notes and corrections; many on ff. 46v-59v and 104r-105rSeals: f. 1r