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مجموع اقاويل الحکماء المنجمين القدماء منهم والمحدثين في احکام تحاويل سني المواليد.
Majmūʻ aqāwīl al-ḥukamāʼ al-munajjimīn al-qudamāʼ minhum wa-al-muḥdathīn fī aḥkām taḥāwīl sinī al-mawālīd.
1300-1599
A work on astronomy and astrology, being a collection of the sayings of ancient and modern astrologers and astronomers.
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Metadata
- Publisher
- [13th century-16th century?]
- People
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- Author
- Dāmaghānī, Abū Saʻīd ibn Manṣūr, active 12th century
- دامغاني، ابو سعيد بن منصور، active 12th century
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 512H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A work on astronomy and astrology, being a collection of the sayings of ancient and modern astrologers and astronomers.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- مجموع اقاويل الحکماء المنجمين القدماء منهم والمحدثين في احکام تحاويل سني المواليد.
- Transliterated Title
- Majmūʻ aqāwīl al-ḥukamāʼ al-munajjimīn al-qudamāʼ minhum wa-al-muḥdathīn fī aḥkām taḥāwīl sinī al-mawālīd.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 512H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/w6634d17n
- Publisher
- [13th century-16th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1300-1599
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 136 [i.e. 236] leaves : paper ; 196 x 130 (130-142 x 65-72) mm bound to 190 x 125 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 970.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from introduction (fol. 2b).
- A few marginal notes and glosses. Illegible title on top edge of text block. Edges are trimmed. Pinwheel design colored with yellow, blue and black on folio 2a. Geometric designs on folio 136b [i.e. 236b]
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 236 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 20-21 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; written in Fārisī and general scripts ; MS in good condition but first folio is partly defective.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed in Rabīʻ al-Thānī [date is obscured] (fol. 136a i.e. 236a]).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين حمد الشاكرين والصلوة على خير خلقه محمد ... مجموع اقاويل الحکماء المنجمين القدمآء منهم ...
- Colophon: تم الکتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب في تاريخ وسط شهر ربيع الثاني ... م م م
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) limp binding in dark red leather.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 480
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c6b20947-400b-48b9-ad80-593073041b93/manifest