Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Collation: Paper, 213 + i. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso. Layout: Written in 29 long lines. Script: Written in a naskh script by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥasan (colophon, f. 213r). Decoration: Large astronomical diagram in black ink on iridescent ground (f. 156r); numerous small astronomical diagrams and a few tables (f. 18v-19v) in red ink, some diagrams with additions in gold; a few rubrications in gold, though they end close to the beginning of the text, and blank spaces have been left; overlining in red. Binding: Dark brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); blind-stamped mandorla on covers and flap; plain paper doublure. Origin: Possibly written in Persia, now Iran, dated 13 Dhū al-Qaʻdah, A.H. 813 (18 March 1411, colophon, f. 213r). Several effaced owner's stamps (f. 1r). Formerly owned by Yāsīn ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb al-Siṭrābī (?) (f. 1r). Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Nov. 2000. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011. Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
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