Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 460

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DS ID:

DS6711

Shelfmark:

MS Or 460

Title:

Three treatises on astronomy and arithmetic

Scribe:

ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir Qāyinī, active 1619 / عبد الغني بن عبد القادر قايني، active 1619،

ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir Qāyinī WIKIDATA

Date:

1619.

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: ii, 125, iii leaves : paper, illustrations ; 220 x 122 (142 x 60) mm, bound to 220 x 124 mm

Former Owner(s):

Muḥammad Riḍā ibn ʻAbd Allāh, active 1782 / محمد رضا بن عبد الله، active 1782،

Muḥammad Riḍā ibn ʻAbd Allāh WIKIDATA

Schaefler, Sam

Sam Schaefler WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Titles supplied by cataloger except for the third work, title from introduction (f. 69v).
Layout: 12 long lines; catchwords every verso, lower left; border-ruled.
Script: Written in clear nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Numerous diagrams in red and black; textblock border-ruled in blue and gold; rubrications in red; some pages gold sprinkled over textblock.
Origin: Copy completed in Shaʻbān of the year 1028 AH (1619 CE) by ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir Qāyinī (f. 68r, 69r, 125r).
Several stamps (f. 61v, 62r, 68r, 68r, 125r).
Shelfmark: MS Or 460.
Formerly owner by Muḥammad Riḍā ibn ʻAbd Allāh in 1196? AH (1782 CE) (stamps f. 68r, 69r, 125v).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

manuscripts (documents)

Early works

diagrams

Stamps

Arithmetic

New York (State)--New York

Manuscripts, Persian

Astronomy, Arab

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/15265612

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_15265612_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library