Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 356Y

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS29178

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 356Y

Title:

Kitāb al-ʻamal bi-al-kurah ... [etc. / كتاب العمل بالكرة ... الخ

Date:

between 17--? and 18--?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 36 leaves : paper ; 220 x 160 (150 x 85) mm. bound to 220 x 165 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from first text.
Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Riyāḍīyāt 26". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on pastedown of the upper cover: "Ḥ 895." Inscriptions on fol. 36b, including verses of poetry in Persian.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 36 ; catchwords ; collation notes ; first work foliated in black ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21 lines per page.
Description: Written in medium small naskh in black ink ; rubricated.
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.

Keyword:

Blind tooled bindings

Arabic alphabet

Symbolism

Early works

Manuscripts, Arabic

New Jersey--Princeton

Astronomical instruments

Islamic Empire

Fortune-telling

Islam

Astronomy, Arab

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9952990323506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/43b222ff-fc0c-4749-9f6c-bc3cf4527e33/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University