كتاب مدخل كوشيار ورسالة في الحساب

Title:

كتاب مدخل كوشيار ورسالة في الحساب

Creator:

Kūshyār, -approximately 961

Date:

1263

Description:

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).'

Language:

Arabic

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Astronomy, Arab—10th century

Provenance:

Several inscriptions on fol. 1a and 51b, including ownership statements. Fol. 1a: ownership statement in the name of ʻAnbar al-Ḥ---ī al-mīqātī (dated 15 Shawwāl 988 Nov. 23, 1580) ; ʻAlā al-Dīn ibn(?) Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Ṭarābulusī al-Ḥanafī (dated 1016 H. 1607 or 8, price: 30) ; one erased except for the word "al-Mīqātī" (dated Rabīʻ al-Awwal 989 April-May 1581), written in the hand of(?) Shaykh Sulaymān al-Falakī ; inscription "1226" H. 1811 or 12. Fol. 51b: partly crossed out waṣiyah dated 997 H. 1588 or 9 ; ownership statement with name obliterated except for the words "al-Shāmī al-mīqātī" (dated "Rabī al-Awwal sanah no date"). Waqf (see inscriptions on margins of fol. 1b-2a). Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Extent:

51 leaves: paper ; 192 x 147 mm. bound to 192 x 152 mm.

Publisher:

Khwārazm?, 1263?

Rights:

https://rbsc.princeton.edu/services/imaging-publication-services

Identifier:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 502H
Electronic Resource
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Replaces: pudl0112/5267452

Is part of:

Robert Garrett
Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
Collections Donated to Princeton University Library

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