Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 4657Y

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DS ID:

DS28719

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 4657Y

Title:

Kitāb fī al-shuhūr al-rūmiyah ... [etc / كتاب في الشهور الرومية ... الخ

Date:

15th century?

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper, map

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 82 leaves : paper, map ; 181 x 137 (137 x 102) mm bound to 182 x 142 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
On fol. 65b-66a: Map. Incomplete at the beginning.
Collation: Paper, fol. 81 ; 1-710 810 (+1, fol. 81) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals (starts with 41 on fol. 1) ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 14 lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Written in medium small script in black ink, with use of red for headings and ornementation. The final letters of a line are often written in the margin (see fol. 31a). Light cream paper, glossy, with laid (and chain?) lines visible. Some paper tinted (tending towards orange).
Waqf dated 1194 H. on the pastedown of the upper cover. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.

Keyword:

donation inscriptions

Colored papers

Terminology

scientific illustrations (images)

Early works

Manuscripts, Arabic

New Jersey--Princeton

Geographical positions

Arab countries

Lunar eclipses

Months

Names

Astrolabes

Astronomy, Arab

Time measurements

Solar eclipses

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9947468163506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d9230540-bebb-4243-8b6a-3dc24e9b6c94/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University