Collection of Arabic, Turkish, and Persian texts on astronomical instruments.
- Holding institution:
- Princeton University Library
- Data provider:
- Princeton University Library
- Title:
- Collection of Arabic, Turkish, and Persian texts on astronomical instruments.
- Contributor:
- Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274
- Date:
- 1558-1669
- Description:
- Contents: 1. fol. 1b-12a: Persian treatise on the quadrant. Begins with faṣl dar alqāb-i khuṭūṭ-i rubʻ; dated 1096 H.Contents: 2. fol. 13b-31a: Risālat Kashf al-rayb fī al-ʻamal bi-al-jayb.Contents: 3. fol. 32b-40a: Risālah fī al-rubʻ al-mujayyab.Contents: 4. fol. 40b-51a: Mukhtaṣar dar maʻrifat-i asṭurlāb. A Persian treatise on the astrolabe compiled from the works of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭusī; in 20 bāb.Contents: 5. fol. 51b-53b: Ikhtiṣār mā yataʻallaqu bi-abwāb ʻamal al-layl wa-al-nahār bi-al-rubʻ al-mujayyab.Contents: 6. fol. 54b-61b: Risālah fī al-rubʻ al-mujayyab.Contents: 7. fol. 62b-67a: Bu risale amal-ı nücumu beyanindadir rub-i daire. Turkish treatise on the quadrant in 14 faṣl.Contents: 8. fol. 67b-77b: Işbu risale rub-i dair vaz edip cüzüsünün tarikindadir. Turkish treatise on the quadrant.Contents: 9. fol. 77b-81a: Risālah fī maʻrifat al-ʻamal bi-al-rubʻ al-muqanṭarāt.Contents: 10. fol. 81a-82a: Definitions of astronomical terms. In Arabic; followed by an extract on the astrolabe in Ottoman Turkish on fol. 82a.Contents: 11. fol. 84b-99b: Ahval-ı sahife-yi ceyb. Turkish treatise on the sine quadrant in 21 faṣl.Contents: 12. fol. 100b-131b: Risālat al-kurah.Contents: 13. fol. 132a-136a: Risālah fī al-kurah dhāt al-kursī.Ms. composite codex.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type:
- Early works to 1800
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Astrolabes—Early works to 1800
- Extent:
- 136 leaves : paper ; 208 x 126 mm. bound to 209 x 128 mm.
- Publisher:
- 1558-16--?
- Rights:
- https://rbsc.princeton.edu/services/imaging-publication-services
- Identifier:
- Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 243
Electronic Resource
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- Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts