Astronomical treatise
- Holding institution:
- University of Michigan
- Data provider:
- University of Michigan
- Title:
- Astronomical treatise
- Contributor:
- Meyerhof, Max, former owner
- Description:
- Watermark: Anchor in circle. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), nos. 1-8.Text and table rubricated; marginal corrections in hand of copyist; marginal notes in another hand.Possible 17th-cent. date based on table showing correspondence of Islamic years 990-1500 [i.e. 5 February 1582-16 November 2077] with Coptic years 1299-1794.Deals with the conversion of calendars in the Coptic and Islamic systems, making astronomical observations, and a very brief treatment of numerology. Text unidentified; copy defective (introduction missing), text begins with faṣl 1 and consists of 3 faṣls followed by 7 bābs and a khātimah. Colophon missing.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Calendar, Coptic Early works to 1800.
Islamic calendar Early works to 1800.
Astronomy, Arab Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Arabic - Time period:
- Early works to 1800
- Extent:
- 1 v. ([56] p.) ; 22 cm.
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Identifier:
- OCLC: 34365875
- Format:
- Book
Manuscript/Archive
Online
Print - Same as:
- https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/002601799