Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 4

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DS ID:

DS6714

Shelfmark:

MS Or 4

Title:

Risālah dar ʻIlm-i hayʼat

Author:

Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, -1474 or 1475 / قوشجى، على بن محمد، -1474 or 1475

Ali Qushji WIKIDATA

Date:

1800?-1899?

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1], 16, [1] foliated leaves : paper, illustrations ; 250 x 165 (190 x 120) mm, bound to 250 x 165 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1v).
Layout: Written in 23 long lines; marginalia.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Numerous diagrams; rubrications and overlining in red.
Origin: Item is undated; possibly 19th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 4.

Keyword:

marginalia (annotations)

codices (bound manuscripts)

manuscripts (documents)

Early works

diagrams

Manuscripts, Persian

New York (State)--New York

Astronomy, Arab

Astronomy

Islamic countries

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/15311688

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_15311688_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library