Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 39

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DS ID:

DS6511

Shelfmark:

MS Or 39

Title:

Kitāb-i Surkhāb dar ʻilm-i raml

Author:

Surkhāb / سرخاب

Surkhāb WIKIDATA

Date:

1528.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 63 foliated leaves : paper, illustrations ; 225 x 155 (175 x 110) mm.

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from note on f. 1r.
Layout: 17 long lines with extensive marginalia and numerous tables.
Foliation: Foliated in Hindu-Arabic numerals, upper left recto; catchwords most versos, lower left.
Script: Written in taʻlīq in black ink.
Decoration: Headings, geomantic symbols, and overlines in red; tables in red and black.
Origin: Copied in 936 AH, according to the colophon (f. 63r).
Shelfmark: MS Or 39.

Keyword:

tables (documents)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Geomancy

Islamic countries

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13892500

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13892500_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library