Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 828Origin: As appears in colophon on p.42, transcription of opening work completed 27 Muḥarram 1238 [ca. 14 October 1822]. Transcription of second work and addendum likely completed around the same time.Binding: Pasteboards (very thin, only a few layers) now covered in printed laid paper (in blue-green) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures (board linings) in splendid block-printed paper with floral and fruit motifs (carnations, etc.) in dark blue, red, yellow and green ; sewn in black thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in black and cream, fairly good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with signficant abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of paper, etc.Support: European laid paper of two types ; opening type (appears toward close of volume as well) with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 30 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of a bird on a pedestal (see p.6, 16, 20, 28, 30, 31, etc.), thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished to glossy ; next type with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 32 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks including crescent (visible in p.54, 58, 62, 64, 86, etc.) and "S" (visible in p.84, 100, etc.).Decoration: Keywords, section headings and symbols rubricated ; written area surrounded by red rule-border.Script: Naskh ; mainly one clear, Turkish hand ; partially but irregularly seriffed with effect of tilt to the left, quite rounded with curvilinear descenders, many open counters, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots ; incipit page of second work (p.44) in a different hand.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: 4 V(40), VI (52), IV (60) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between pp.59-60).Colophon: [Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve fazle ve's-semt] "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت رسالۀ مقنطره سنه ١٢٣٨ فى ٢٨ م يوم الاثنين"Explicit: [Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve fazle ve's-semt] "سمت قبله يه مطابق اولدى قبله دخى قوس ارتفاعك طرفنه واقع اولدى" ; [Risale-yi ceyb-i afaki] "صويه وارنجه درنلكى سكزبجق زراع اولدى وقس على هذا تمت م"Incipit: [Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve fazle ve's-semt] "الحمد لله الذى جعل على البحر الاحضر [الاخضر] الفلك قناطير المقطنراة ... وبعد بو افقر عباد الله مصطفى بن على الموقت بالجامع الحاقانى السليمو ... وبو رسالۀ كفاية الوقت لمعرفت الدائر وفضله والسمت برله تسميه ايلدم ..." ; [Risale-yi ceyb-i afaki] "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه اجمعين آلات ارتفاعيه دن ربع الدائرى تصبير ... آلت ارتفاعينك جيب طرفنده اولان دوائر وخطوطك بياننده دير قوس الارتفاع ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from opening matter of first work (p.4) and rubricated heading at opening of second work (p.44).Ms. codex.4. p.115-p.117 : Tarik-i eshel-i ceyb-i irtifa.3. p.44-p.114 : Risale-yi ceyb-i âfakî/ Mustafa bin Ali Muvakkit.2. p.43 : [blank].1. p.4-p.42 : Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve fazle ve's-semt / Mustafa bin Ali Muvakkit.Careful copy of two treatises by Muvakkit Mustafa b. Ali (d.1571), timekeeper in the mosque of Sultan Selim II (r.1566-1574), the first on the use of the almucantar or bridged quadrant (rubʻ al-muqanṭarāt) in 12 bābs and the second on the use of the sine quadrant (rubʻ mujayyab) in 22 bābs (compare his Vafiyetü’l-evkat and Rub-i müceyyeb).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 829Origin: As appears in colophon on p.108, both works apparently copied by Hacı Hafız Ömer (al-Ḥājj Ḥāfiẓ ʻUmar) with transcription completed 1232 [1816 or 1817].Binding: Pasteboards covered in marbled paper (mainly in shades of orange, red, and blue) with brown leather over spine, fore edge flap, and edges/turn-ins (framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in untinted laid paper ; sewn in dark blue thread, two stations ; overall in somewhat poor condition with some staining, abrasion, moisture damage, spine slant (slightly cocked), warping, etc.Support: European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (vertical), and lion watermark (tail and face visible in p.14, 15, 86, etc. and legs and ground visible in p.10, 20, 110, etc.) ; staining and tide lines.Decoration: Some keywords and section headings rubricated, others overlined in red ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas.Script: Naskh ; fine Turkish hand ; partially and somewhat irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on occasional lām, ṭāʼ, etc. as well as shaqq of kāf, quite rounded with curvilinear descenders, pointing (for two and three dots) in curved strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 13 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: I (2), 5 V(52), II (56) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "تمت ۱۲۳۲ حرره الحاج حافظ عمر غفر الله ذنوبه تم"Explicit: [Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve fazle ve's-semt] "سمت قبليه مطابق اولدى قبله سى قوس ارتفاعك طرفنه واقع اولدى تمت بعون الملك الوهاب تم" ; [Teshilü'l-mikat fî ilmi'l-evkat] "بلدك كى اول قيونك در يكلكى طقوز زراعدر"Incipit: [Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve fazle ve's-semt] "الحمد لله الذى جعل على البحر الاحضر [الاخضر] الفلك قناطير المقطنرات ... بو احقر عباد الله مصطفى بن على الموقت بالجامع الحاقانى السليمى ... وبو رسالۀ كفاية الوقت المعرفة [لمعرفة] الدائر وفضله والسمت برله تسميه ايله دم ..." ; [Teshilü'l-mikat fî ilmi'l-evkat] "الحمد لله عالم الغيب فلا يغرب عن عمله مثقال ذرة فى الارض ولا فى السماء ... اما بعد بو عبد ضعيف المحتاج الى رحمة ربه اللطيف مصطفى بن على الموقت بجامع الحاقانى السليمى بواه الله ديمكله متعارف اولان آلتده كه آلات رصديه ايجنده افاقى اولوب ... وبو رسالۀ تسهيل الميقات وتعيين الاوقات ديو تسميه ايلدم ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from opening matter of first work (p.6) and opening matter of second work (p.43).Ms. codex.5. p.109-p.112 : [blank].4. p.42-p.108 : Teshilü'l-mikat fî ilmi'l-evkat / Mustafa bin Ali Muvakkit.3. p.6-p.42: Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve fazle ve's-semt / Mustafa bin Ali Muvakkit.2. p.5 : [blank].1. p.2-p.4 : [contents listing].Careful copy of two treatises by Muvakkit Mustafa b. Ali (d.1571), timekeeper in the mosque of Sultan Selim II (r.1566-1574), the first on the use of the almucantar or bridged quadrant (rubʻ al-muqanṭarāt) in 12 bābs and the second on timekeeping (ʻilm al-mīqāt) and the use of the sine quadrant (rubʻ mujayyab) in 22 bābs. Contents listing for both works on added leaves at opening (pp.2-4).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 830Origin: As appears in colophon on p.65, opening work copied by Mehmet bin Abdürrahman, khaṭīb in the Ayasofya Camii, with transcription completed in 1211 [1796 or 7]. As appears in colophon on p.101-102, transcription for second work executed by the same copyist (Darzade Mehmet bin Abdurrahman) and completed 18 Rajab 1204 [ca. 3 April 1790].Accompanying materials: Two scraps with listing of numerical values of the Arabic letters according to abjad (paginated pp.67-70).Binding: Pasteboards covered in marbled paper (mainly in blue, salmon (orange) and white) with spine and edges/turn-ins in red leather (framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in pale blue laid paper ; sewn in pale yellow thread, two stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of paper, small for text block, etc.Support: European laid paper with 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 21 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of lion with "A" visible underneath (see p.12,13, etc., face and tail visible in p.10,16, etc.), well-burnished to glossy, cream in color, thin and transluscent though sturdy.Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated ; overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Turkish hand ; serifless with slight inclination to the right and effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: VI (12), V (22), 2 VI(46), II (50) ; several senions with quaternion and binion ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts).Colophon: [Vafiyetü'l-evkat] "قد تم هذه الرسالة عن يد عبد الضعيف المحتاج الى رحمة ربه الغفور محمد بن عبد الرحمن الخطيب فى جامع ايا صوفيه غفر الله له ولوالديه واحسن اليهما واليه لسنه احدى عشر ومائتين والف م" ; [Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve'l-fazle ve's-semt] "تمت الرسالة بعون الله تعالى تماما فى ۱۸ ب سنه ۱۲٠٤ قد تم هذه الرسالة عن يد عبد الضعيف المحتاج الى رحمة ربه الغفور محمد بن عبد الرحمن الملقب بطار زاده غفر الله له ولوالديه واحسن اليهما واليه"Explicit: [Vafiyetü'l-evkat] "صونيه وارنجه در يكلوكى سكز زراع اولمش اولدر" ; [Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve'l-fazle ve's-semt] "در قوس ارتفاع اوزرينه وضع ايلدك بو تقدير جه حيط سمت قبله يه مطابق اولدى قبله دحى قوس ارتفاعك طرفنه واقع اولدى"Incipit: [Vafiyetü'l-evkat] "الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد سيد الاولين والاخرين وعلى سائر الانبياء والمرسلين وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين اما بعد بو عبد ضعيف المحتاج الى رحمة ربه الغفور مصطفى بن على الموقت بجامع الحاقانى السليمى ... ايدر ديلدمكه ربع مجيب ديمكله متعارف اولان الات رصديه ايجنده افاقى اولوب ... وبو رساله يه وافية الاوقات تسميه ايلدم ..." ; [Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve'l-fazle ve's-semt] "الحمد لله الذى جعل البحر الاخضر الفلك قناطير المقطنرات ... وبعد بو احقر عباد الله مصطفى بن على الموقت بجامع الحاقانى السليمى ... وبو رساله يي كفاية الوقت لمعرفة الدائر والفضله والسمت برله تسميه ايدم ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from opening matter of first work (p.4) and opening matter of second work (p.74).Ms. codex.4. p.103-104 : [blank].3. p.74-p.102 : Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve'l-fazle ve's-semt / Mustafa bin Ali Muvakkit.2. p.66-p.73 : [blank, with pp.67-70 representing two paginated inserts].1. p.4-p.65 : Vafiyetü'l-evkat / Mustafa bin Ali Muvakkit.Careful copy of two treatises by Muvakkit Mustafa b. Ali (d.1571), timekeeper in the mosque of Sultan Selim II (r.1566-1574), the first on the use of the sine quadrant (rubʻ mujayyab) in 22 bābs and the second on the use of the almucantar or bridged quadrant (rubʻ al-muqanṭarāt) in 12 bābs.