Four treatises on astronomy

Title:

Four treatises on astronomy

Date:

1811/1812

Description:

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

Language:

Arabic

Type:

Manuscript

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Astronomy--Early works to 1800

Extent:

Codex; ff. i+257+ii

Rights:

Public Domain

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100055975039.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100055975039.0x000001_en
Or 8415

Is part of:

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

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