Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 442

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DS ID:

DS6648

Shelfmark:

MS Or 442

Title:

Kitāb-i Ṣuwar al-kawākib

Author:

Ṣūfī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar, 903-986 / صوفي، عبد الرحمن بن عمر، 903-986

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi WIKIDATA

Place:

India?

India TGN

Date:

17--?-18--?].

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: vi + 130 + vii foliated leaves : non-European laid paper, illustrations ; 237 x 167 (180 x 110) mm, bound to 237 x 167 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Layout: 23 lines per page and occasional tables of variable dimensions.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: 65 illustrations of constellations, often in color; numerous tables in red and black; rubrications in red.
Origin: The item is undated; probably copied in the 18th or 19th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 442.
Owner's note and stamp (f. 1r).

Keyword:

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

Stamps

Islamic astronomy

Manuscripts, Persian

Astronomy

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14649868

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14649868_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library