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Four treatises on astrolabes and astronomy, the first and fourth treatise are incomplete; the first treatise skips from chapter 22 to chapter 30 (f. 5-6) and the fourth treatise is missing some amount of the beginning, the first complete section is "taṣtīḥ dāʼirat al-ufuq" (f. 14r).
Support: paper; Extent: 18 leaves : 226 x 149 (172 x 90) mm bound to 228 x 154 mm; Collation: Paper, 18; 1¹⁸; no foliation marked on leaves.
Written in 27 long lines; no catchwords.
Written in naskh influenced by nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed, with titles in a larger naskh in red and green ink; pointed.
9 astronomical diagrams (f. 14v, 15r, 16r-18v) in red and black ink; titles in green ink; significant words or phrases in red or green ink.
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
Ms. codex.
Collective title supplied by cataloger; titles of individual works from caption titles.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Cairo
Written in Cairo in A.H. Ṣafar 950 (May-June 1453) by ʻAlī al-Riyāḍī al-Munajjim (f. 1r, 10v, 18v, upper cover).
Marbled paper in bright yellow, blue, pink, and green with title and date in black ink on front cover; bound as a pamphlet.
Arabic
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 1 June 1987, lot 138.
Formerly owned by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; sold at auction as part of his collection at Piasa (Paris), 7 June 1999, lot N.3.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Mar. 2001.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Cairo
Written in Cairo in A.H. Ṣafar 950 (May-June 1453) by ʻAlī al-Riyāḍī al-Munajjim (f. 1r, 10v, 18v, upper cover).
Arabic
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 1 June 1987, lot 138.
Formerly owned by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; sold at auction as part of his collection at Piasa
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Four treatises on astrolabes and astronomy, the first and fourth treatise are incomplete; the first treatise skips from chapter 22 to chapter 30 (f. 5-6) and the fourth treatise is missing some amount of the beginning, the first complete section is "taṣtīḥ dāʼirat al-ufuq" (f. 14r).
Ms. codex.
Collective title supplied by cataloger; titles of individual works from caption titles.
Written in naskh influenced by nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed, with titles in a larger naskh in red and green ink; pointed.
9 astronomical diagrams (f. 14v, 15r, 16r-18v) in red and black ink; titles in green ink; significant words or phrases in red or green ink.
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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