Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 285
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS6583
- Shelfmark:
- MS Or 285
- Title:
- Collection of works on astronomy and astronomical instruments
- Place:
- Turkey?
- Date:
- between 1694 and 1799?
- Language:
- Arabic and Ottoman Turkish
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 online resource (101 leaves) : paper, illustrations
- Former Owner(s):
- Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936
- Note:
- Manuscript codex.
Collective title supplied by cataloger; titles for individual works from caption titles, except for work 3, which was supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 19-22 long lines.
Script: Written in rapid naskh in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Rubrications in red with numerous geometrical drawings and tables.
Origin: Some items in the collection (1, 2, 3, 6, 7) are dated and were copied between 1106 and 1107 AH (1695-1696 CE) (f. 16v, 25v, 36v, 69r, 76v). The last work says that the collection was gathered by Yūnus ibn Aḥmad al-Dajānī (f. 101v).
Shelfmark: MS Or 285.
Three loose leaves belonging to this manuscript were formerly inserted in MS Or 278, and have been returned to this volume.
The copyist for most of the works in this collection consistently spells asṭurlāb with an extra tāʼ before the ṭāʼ.
Formerly owned by George Arthur Plimpton (bookplate inside front cover). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14294920
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14294920_000/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
