Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 291

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DS ID:

DS6684

Shelfmark:

MS Or 291

Title:

Astronomical tables

Scribe:

Sharīf al-Ḥusaynī, active 1698 / شريف الحسيني، active 1698،

Sharīf al-Ḥusaynī WIKIDATA

Date:

1698.

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: ii, 126, i leaves : paper ; 180 x 110 (115 x 70) mm, bound to 179 x 106 x 21 mm

Former Owner(s):

Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936

George Arthur Plimpton WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Written in 23 long lines; tables in 16 double rows; catchwords each verso, lower left.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Headpiece in gold (f. 1v); rubrications in red.
Origin: Copy completed in 1109 A.H. (1698 C.E.) by Sharīf al-Ḥusaynī (f. 125v).
Shelfmark: MS Or 291.
Formerly owned by George Arthur Plimpton (bookplate inside front cover).

Keyword:

tables (documents)

Tables

codices (bound manuscripts)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

Astronomy--Tables

Calendars

Manuscripts, Arabic

New York (State)--New York

Islamic calendar

Astronomy, Arab

Astronomy

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/15147169

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_15147169_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library