Jāmiʿ al-mabādiʾ wa-al-ghāyāt fī ʿilm al-mīqāt جامع المبادئ والغايات في علم الميقات Marrākushī, al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī مراكشي، الحسن بن علي and Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf مقالة في صورة الكسوف Alhazen ابن الهيثم

Content

Contents:

• (1) al-Marrākushī (المراكشي), Jāmiʿ al-mabādiʾ wa-al-ghāyāt fī ʿilm al-mīqāt (جامع المبادئ والغايات في علم الميقات; ff. 1r-283r);
• (2) Ibn al-Haytham (ابن الهيثم), Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf (مقالة في صورة الكسوف; ff. 283v-285v).

Extent and format

Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+285+i

It is grouped into

Jāmiʿ al-mabādiʾ wa-al-ghāyāt fī ʿilm al-mīqāt جامع المبادئ والغايات في علم الميقات Marrākushī, al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī مراكشي، الحسن بن علي

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Ref: Or 5831, ff 1r-283r

Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf مقالة في صورة الكسوف Alhazen ابن الهيثم

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Ref: Or 5831, ff 283v-285v

Physical characteristics

Material: Eastern laid paper

Dimensions: 255 x 195 mm leaf [175 x 110 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil

Ruling: Misṭarah ; 23 lines per page; vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cm

Script: Naskh ; the scribe is Kalb (?) ‘Alī ibn Ṣafarqalī Sāwikh (?) Balāghī (كلب علي بن صفرقلي ساوخ بلاغي, see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 283r)

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings and diagrams in red

Decoration: None

Binding: British Museum red, half-leather binding

Condition: Small tidemark to edge margin

Marginalia: Very few

Seals: ff. 1r and 285v

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Or 5831

History of this record

Date(s)

3 Ṣafar 1074 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Provenance

Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ‘Alī al-Marāyāni (حسن ابن محمد علي المراياني): his inscription, with date 25 Dhū al-Qa‘dah 1316/6 April 1899, and his seal, with date 1313/1895-6 (f. 1r).

Immediate source of acquisition

Purchased from Ibrahim Elias Gejou, 18 July 1900

Related material

Finding aids

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. 38

Subjects

Astronomy--Early works to 1800

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Jāmiʿ al-mabādiʾ wa-al-ghāyāt fī ʿilm al-mīqāt جامع المبادئ والغايات في علم الميقات Marrākushī, al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī مراكشي، الحسن بن علي and Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf مقالة في صورة الكسوف Alhazen ابن الهيثم, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 5831, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100046772373.0x000001> [accessed 16 April 2024]

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