Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 19

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6481

Shelfmark:

MS Or 19

Title:

Panjāh bāb-i sulṭānī bi-ʻilm-i usṭurlāb

Author:

Āmulī, Rukn ibn Sharaf al-Dīn, active 1456 / آملى، رظن بن شرف الدىن, active 1456

Rukn ibn Sharaf al-Dīn Āmulī WIKIDATA

Place:

Herat

Herat TGN

Date:

between 1750 and 1899?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 42 bi-paginated leaves : paper, illustrations ; 200 x 140 (165 x 110) mm, bound to 220 x 150 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from p. [1] of the manuscript.
Pagination: Numbers in ink at the top of every other page, number 11 repeats. Catchwords every verso, lower left. References in the record are to the pagination as it appears in the manuscript.
Layout: 17 lines per page with some marginalia; frame-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink.
Decoration: Section headers and overlines in red. Includes 7 tables: pp. [24], [32], 35, [36], 43, [54], [60], and 4 diagrams: pp. 25, [26], 27, 63.
Origin: Likely copied in Herat. The work is written on different types of paper including European laid paper and machine-made paper.
Shelfmark: MS Or 19.

Keyword:

tables (documents)

full covers

Islamic bindings

codices (bound manuscripts)

supported sewing structures

Early works

diagrams

manuscripts (documents)

Astronomical instruments

New York (State)--New York

Manuscripts, Persian

Astrolabes

Astronomy

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13604004

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13604004_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library