University of Pennsylvania, LJS 412
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS658
- Shelfmark:
- LJS 412
- Title:
- Four treatises on astrolabes and astronomy.
- Place:
- Cairo
- Date:
- A.H. 950 (1543)
- Language:
- Arabic
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 18 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 226 x 149 (172 x 90) mm bound to 228 x 154 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Aga Khan, Sadruddin, Prince, 1933-2003
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Decoration: 9 astronomical diagrams (f. 14v, 15r, 16r-18v) in red and black ink; titles in green ink; significant words or phrases in red or green ink.
Origin: Written in Cairo in A.H. Ṣafar 950 (May-June 1543) by ʻAlī al-Riyāḍī al-Munajjim (f. 1r, 10v, 18v, upper cover).
Binding: Marbled paper in bright yellow, blue, pink, and green with title and date in black ink on front cover; bound as a pamphlet.
Layout: Written in 27 long lines; no catchwords.
Script: Written in naskh influenced by nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed, with titles in a larger naskh in red and green ink; pointed.
Collation: Paper, 18; 1¹⁸; no foliation marked on leaves.
Collective title supplied by cataloger; titles of individual works from caption titles.
Formerly owned by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; sold at auction as part of his collection at Piasa (Paris), 7 June 1999, lot N.3.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 1 June 1987, lot 138.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Mar. 2001.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9948270433503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3tw72/manifest
- Holding Institution:
