Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 510

Metadata

DS ID:

DS13368

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 510

Title:

Lavāyiḥ al-qamar /

Author:

Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, -1504 or 1505 / کاشفى، حسىن واعظ، -1504 or 1505

Ḥusain Wāʿiẓ Kāšifī WIKIDATA

Date:

1824

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 120 leaves : paper, ill. ; 211 x 150 (156 x 95) mm. bound to 211 x 152 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 2a.
On front cover: Label reading "377" in Arabic script.
On lower edge: "Lavāʼiḥ al-qamar" in Arabic script.
Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in shikastah in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; numerous charts in red and black. A few marginal notes Light staining. Edges of first few and last few leaves somewhat ragged. Otherwise in excellent condition.
Origin: Copy completed 1 Muḥarram 1240 H. [26 August 1824] by Ibn Muḥammad Ḥusayn Muḥammad Ibrāhīm (fol. 118a-118b).
Owner's note of the Kitābkhānah-i Baḥr al-ʻUlūm dated 1340 (fol. 1a). Owner's stamp of the Kitābkhānah-i Majd al-Dīn, possibly dated 1366 (fol. 2a).

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Persian

Astrology, Arab

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9967789283506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University