Ms. codex. Title from introduction (f. 1v). Foliation: Paper, i + 103 + i; 1-95, [96-103], later foliation in ink, upper left recto, end of manuscript (f. 96-103) not foliated. Layout: Written in 15 (f. 1v-95r) and 19-20 (f. 96v-100v) long lines. Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed, by at least 2 hands (f. 1v-95r, 96v-103r). Decoration: 7 astronomical diagrams (f. 97r-101r) in red and black ink; 2 of another type of diagram in red and black ink (f. 82r, 83r); tables in red and black ink (f. 83v-84v, 101v-103r); rubrications and overlining in red. Binding: Light brown leather over pasteboard with marbled paper sides. Origin: First text dated 11 Rabīʻ al-Ākhir 852 A.H. (June 1448 CE) (f. 95r); the second work is undated. Ownership stamps and inscriptions (f. 1r). Formerly owned by Muḥammad Dhará, the timekeeper at the mosque of Sulṭān Muḥammad Khān (note in ink, f. 1r). Formerly owned by al-Ḥājj Muṣṭafá Ṣidqī, 1790? (stamp, f. 1r). Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 2004. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
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