Folios from four manuscripts on scientific subjects
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Folios from four manuscripts on scientific subjects
- Date:
- 1601/1899
- Description:
- Collection of unbound folios comprising four codicological units.Contents:(1) Abū al-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (أبو البركات البغدادي), Risālah fī sabab ẓuhūr al-kawākib laylan wa-khafā’ihā nahāran(رسالة في سبب ظهور الكواكب ليلًا وخفائها نهارًا; ff. 1v-3v);(2) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي), Treatise on heat (ff. 4v-7r);(3) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(خلاصة الحساب; f. 10v).The first two texts in this manuscript (ff. 1-7) form a single codicological unit, and previously were part (probably a single quire) of a larger collection as indicated by the Persian labels written before each text: 'Third treatise, three folios' (رساله سوم سه 3 ورق, f. 1r) and 'Fourth treatise, four folios' (رساله چهارم چهار 4 ورق, f. 4r).Folios 8-10 form a second codicological unit. Folios 8r-10r appear to be the front flyleaves of the volume of which f. 10v is the first page of text, and they (ff. 8r-10r) contain assorted notes in Arabic and Persian with diagrams.Unfoliated leaves i and ii came from a further two volumes, and contain notes in Arabic and Persian. Unfoliated leaf i-v contains what appears to be the fragmentary beginning of a text, while unfoliated leaf ii-r contains the fragmentary ending of another.This entire collection of unbound folios was wrapped in a single printed quarto sheet with the title 'Act No. XIV. Of 1850. Passed by the Governor General of India in Council on the 22nd March, 1850' (Calcutta: Bengal Military Orphan Press, 1850).Codex [without binding]; ff. 10+iiMaterial: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 230 x 145 mm leaf [150 x 80 mm written] (ff. 1-7) / 220 x 135 mm leaf [130 x 80 mm written (f. 10v)] (ff. 8-10) / 203 x 130 leaf [143 x 100 written (i-v)] (i) / 230 x 123 mm leaf [150 x 50 written (ii-r)] (ii)Foliation: Eastern Arabic foliation in black ink (each text foliated separately); India Office Library foliation stamped in black inkRuling: No ruling visible; 17 lines per page; vertical spacing 12 lines per 10 cm (ff. 1-7) / vertical spacing 7 lines per 10 cm (f. 10v) / vertical spacing 10 lines per 10 cm (i-v) / vertical spacing 12 lines per 10 cm [extrapolated] (ii-r)Script: NaskhInk: BlackBinding: NoneCondition: Insect damage; binding and all stitching lost; of the main folios, ff. 6-5 and 8-9 are the only intact bifolia. Many historic repairs removed during conservation now stored separately with volumeMarginalia: On flyleaves only (i.e. ff. 8r, 8v, 9r, 9v, 10r, i-r, ii-r and ii-v)Seals: ff. 1r, 7v, 8r, flyleaf i-r
- Language:
- Arabic
Persian - Type:
- Manuscript
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Extent:
- Codex [without binding]; ff. 10+ii
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100036848060.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100036848060.0x000001_en
Delhi Arabic 1919 - Is part of:
- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts