Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 462

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6658

Shelfmark:

MS Or 462

Title:

Chand risālah dar ḥisāb va hayʼāt

Place:

Iran

Iran TGN

Date:

1575-1824.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 278 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 200 x 140 mm, bound to 200 x 140 mm

Former Owner(s):

Schaefler, Sam

Sam Schaefler WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Titles supplied from table of contents pasted into front inside cover or from caption titles.
Layout: Various layouts, but chiefly written 14-17 long lines.
Script: Chiefly written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed; some marginalia in shikastah and some quotations in naskh.
Decoration: Rubrications chiefly in red with a few in brown; numerous diagrams in red, black, and brown; some tables in red and black.
Origin: Works 3, 5, 6 dated 1241 A.H. (f. 46v, 78v, 97r); works 8 and 9 dated 1245 A.H. (f. 171r); work 10 is dated 983 A.H. (255r); work 11 is undated.
Shelfmark: MS Or 462.

Keyword:

History

codices (bound manuscripts)

compilation manuscripts

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

diagrams

Geometry

Astronomical instruments

Arithmetic

Astronomy

Compasses (Mathematical instruments)

Manuscripts, Persian

Islamic countries

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14677645

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14677645_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library