Four treatises on astrolabes and a bibliography of the works of Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا الرازي)
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The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+113+ii. It was created in 13th century. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Collection of four early treatises on astrolabes and associated astronomical instruments, bound together with a bibliography of the works of Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا الرازي).
A table of contents appears on f. 1v.
The scribe (of at least Item 5 [see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 113r, to the left of lines 17-18]) is ‘Alī ibn Yūsuf ibn Marwān (علي بن يوسف بن مروان)
A reader's note at the end of the first text (f. 36v, lines 6-7) is dated 683/1284-5 in the province of Dīyār Muḍar (ديار مضر) of the Jazīrah (in modern Syria, Turkey and Iraq).
A waqfīyah seal and associated ownership inscription (f. 2r) makes it clear that the manuscript was endowded to the madrasah of the Mosque of Abū Ḥanīfah (here called مدرسة الإمام الأعظم) in the al-A‘ẓamīyah (الأعظمية) region of North Baghdad by Mi‘mārzādah Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī al-Qādirī (معمار زاده حسين الأنصاري القادري) in the year 1290/1873-74.
Contents:
- (1) Abū al-Ṣalt (أبو الصلت), Risālah fī al-‘amal bi-al-aṣṭurlāb (رسالة في العمل بالأصطرلاب; ff. 2r-36v);
- (2) al-Farghānī (الفرغاني), al-Kāmil fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb (الكامل في صنعة الأسطرلاب; ff. 37v-85r);
- (3) Kitāb ‘aṣāh al-Ṭūsī wa-hūwa al-asṭurlāb al-khaṭṭī (كتاب عصاة الطوسي وهو الأسطرلاب الخطّي; ff. 86r-104v);
- (4) ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsá al-Asṭurlābī (علي بن عيسى الأسطرلابي), al-‘Amal bi-al-ṣafīḥah al-jāmi‘ah al-ma‘rūfah bi-al-āfāqīyah (العمل بالصفيحة الجامعة المعروفة بالآفاقية; ff. 105r-107v);
- (5) Fihrist kutub Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī al-mutaṭabbib wa-aghrāḍiha (فهرست كتب محمد بن زكريا الرازي المتطبب وأغراضها; ff. 108v-113r).
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- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+113+ii
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- 70 imagesRef: Or 5479, ff 2r-36v96 imagesRef: Or 5479, ff 37v-85r38 imagesRef: Or 5479, ff 86r-104v6 imagesRef: Or 5479, ff 105r-107v10 imagesRef: Or 5479, ff 108v-113r
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Material: Eastern laid paper
Dimensions: 235 x 165 mm leaf [180 x 125 mm written (ff. 2-85 and 108-113); 175 x 110 mm written (ff. 86-103)]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; the second and third texts (ff. 38-104) are also foliated in Eastern Arabic numerals in red and black ink; there are unfoliated leaves between ff. 36 and 37, and 107 and 108
Ruling: Misṭarah ; 19 to 21 lines per page (ff. 2-85 and 108-113) and 14 to 18 lines per page (ff. 86-103); vertical spacing 10 to 13 lines per 10 cm (ff. 2-85 and 108-113) and 9 to 11 lines per 10 cm (ff. 86-103)
Script: Naskh ; the scribe (of at least Item 5 [see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 113r, to the left of lines 17-18]) is ‘Alī ibn Yūsuf ibn Marwān (علي بن يوسف بن مروان)
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and tables and diagrams in red
Binding: British Museum binding in red leather with gold tooling
Condition: Some water damage and burn (?) marks on ff. 60-61; ff. 37-38 replaced with later paper; some edges torn and replaced
Marginalia: Infrequent, mostly maghribī and mostly in first text
Seals: F. 2r
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- 13th century (CE, Gregorian)
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Purchased from J.J. Naaman, 10 (?) April 1899
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Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards, A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 39
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, i-r:ii-v, 1r:1v, iii-r:iii-v, 37r, 85v, iv-r:iv-v, 108r, 113v, v-r:vi-v, back-i
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, i-r:ii-v, 1r:1v, iii-r:iii-v, 37r, 85v, iv-r:iv-v, 108r, 113v, v-r:vi-v, back-i
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, i-r:ii-v, 1r:1v, iii-r:iii-v, 37r, 85v, iv-r:iv-v, 108r, 113v, v-r:vi-v, back-i
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- Four treatises on astrolabes and a bibliography of the works of Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا الرازي)
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, i-r:ii-v, 1r:1v, iii-r:iii-v, 37r, 85v, iv-r:iv-v, 108r, 113v, v-r:vi-v, back-i
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, i-r:ii-v, 1r:1v, iii-r:iii-v, 37r, 85v, iv-r:iv-v, 108r, 113v, v-r:vi-v, back-i
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- Or 5479, ff 2r-36v
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- Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-aṣṭurlāb رسالة في العمل بالأصطرلاب Abū al-Ṣalt, Umayyah ibn ‘Abd al-Azīz أبو الصلت، أميّة بن عبد العزيز
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- Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-aṣṭurlāb رسالة في العمل بالأصطرلاب Abū al-Ṣalt, Umayyah ibn ‘Abd al-Azīz أبو الصلت، أميّة بن عبد العزيز
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- Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-aṣṭurlāb رسالة في العمل بالأصطرلاب Abū al-Ṣalt, Umayyah ibn ‘Abd al-Azīz أبو الصلت، أميّة بن عبد العزيز
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- al-Kāmil fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb al-shimālī wa-al-junūbī wa-‘ilalihumā bi-l-handasah wa-al-ḥisab الكامل في صنعة الأسطرلاب الشمالي والجنوبي وعللهما بالهندسة والحساب Farghānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr فرغاني، أحمد بن محمد بن كثير
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- Kitāb ‘aṣāh al-Ṭūsī wa-hūwa al-asṭurlāb al-khaṭṭī كتاب عصاة الطوسي وهو الأسطرلاب الخطّي
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- Or 5479, ff 105r-107v
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- al-‘Amal bi-al-ṣafīḥah al-jāmi‘ah al-ma‘rūfah bi-al-āfāqīyah العمل بالصفيحة الجامعة المعروفة بالآفاقية Asṭurlābī, ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsá أسطرلابي، علي بن عيسى
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- Fihrist kutub Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī al-mutaṭabbib wa-aghrāḍiha فهرست كتب محمد بن زكريا الرازي المتطبب وأغراضها
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