ff. 40. 222 x 165; 178 x 110 mm. 25 lin. Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1218.Same as al-Madhkhal fī ṣināʻat aḥkām al-nujūm, Brockelmann, GAL, I, 253 (9: no. 2); Ullmann, Die Natur- und Geheimwissenschaften im Islam, p. 334.Incip.: ... الحمد لله ... قال ... انى جمعت هذا الکتاب فى اصول
Abstract: Collection of treatises on astrology/nomy and arithmetics.Binding note: Paper over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers. Brown leather spine and edges. Paper pastedowns.Contents: 1. fol. 1b-45b: Kitāb Madkhal Kūshyār.Contents: 2. fol. 46a: Faṣl fī maʻrifat ṭulūʻ al-Shiʻrá.Contents: 3. fol. 46a-51a: Risālah laṭīfah fī ḥisāb / Sharaf al-millah wa-al-dīn Abū ʻAlī Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-Jaghmīnī.Ms. codex.Title from inscription on fol. 1a.Physical description: Written in black ink with use of red (see records for each text). Contains tables. Dark cream paper with thick laid lines and pulp visible. Magical(?) square on fol. 1a."Inscription in Western numerals in black ink on the upper left corner of the upper cover (corresponds to Brill's list. See HoutsmaM. Th. Catalogue d'une collection de manuscrits arabes et turcsno. 502)."'Origin: Last text apparently completed at the end of Shawwāl 661 Sept. 1263 in Khwārazm (see end of textfol. 51a). It is not clear whether this date applies to the redaction of the text or to the copy. Several dated inscriptions on fol. 1a and 51bthe earliest dated Shawwāl 988 H. 1580 (fol. 1a).'