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Two treatises on astrology bound together.
Support: paper; Extent: 103 leaves : 162 x 125 (125 x 75-85) mm. bound to 162 x 130 mm. +; Foliation: Paper, i + 103 + i; 1-95, [96-103], later foliation in ink, upper left recto, end of manuscript (f. 96-103) not foliated.
Written in 15 (f. 1v-95r) and 19-20 (f. 96v-100v) long lines.
Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed, by at least 2 hands (f. 1v-95r, 96v-103r).
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.
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Ms. codex.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).
Ownership stamps and inscriptions (f. 1r).
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.
First text dated 11 Rabīʻ al-Ākhir 852 A.H. (June 1448 CE) (f. 95r); the second work is undated.
Light brown leather over pasteboard with marbled paper sides.
Persian and Arabic
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.
First text dated 11 Rabīʻ al-Ākhir 852 A.H. (June 1448 CE) (f. 95r); the second work is undated.
Persian and Arabic
Formerly owned by Muḥammad Dhará, the timekeeper at the mosque of Sulṭān Muḥammad Khān
Formerly owned by al-Ḥājj Muṣṭafá Ṣidqī, 1790?
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Two treatises on astrology bound together.
Ms. codex.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).
Ownership stamps and inscriptions (f. 1r).
Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed, by at least 2 hands (f. 1v-95r, 96v-103r).
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.
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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