Sharḥ-i Zīj-i Ulugh Bēg.
- Holding institution:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Data provider:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Title:
- Sharḥ-i Zīj-i Ulugh Bēg.
شرح زيج الغ بيگ - Creator:
- Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, active 16th century
- Date:
- A.H. 929 (1523)
- Description:
- Commentary on the Zīj-i jadīd-i Sulṭānī, which comprised tables of calendar calculations, trigonometry, planets, and stars compiled from observations made at the observatory in Samarqand, completed in 1447. Includes some tables, marginal commentary attributed to Mullah Muẓaffar (f. 239v), 7 generally contemporary diagrams tipped in, and 1 diagram and 1 small note laid in.
- Language:
- Persian
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Persian
Manuscripts, 15th century
Manuscripts, Renaissance
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Commentaries
Diagrams
Tables (documents)
Astronomy--Early works to 1800 - Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; sold at auction as part of his collection at Piasa (Paris), 7 June 1999.Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Mar 2001.Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
- Extent:
- Written in 19 long lines.
- Publisher:
- University of Pennsylvania
- Rights:
- These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts LJS 411: Sharḥ-i Zīj-i Ulugh Bēg. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.
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- LJS 411
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World