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Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
The Houtsma and Littmann Collections constitute Princeton's holdings of the al-Madani library and are the focus of an ongoing three year digitization initiative that commenced in the Fall of 2021 and was completed in 2024.
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- Language
- Arabic
- Subject
- Astronomy, Arab—Tables
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Bughyat al-nafs fī ḥall al-shams.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 146L
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dctx31qz45s
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1700-1799
- Format
- Manuscript
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Fols. 52; 21.4 x 15.5 cm.; written surface 16.7-19 x 11-13 cm.; 18-21 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in naskhi; with catchwords.
- A work on astronomical tables, followed by another work on the same subject.
- See Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 5764. This copy was made in A.H. 1185 [A.D. 1771].
- MS in fair condition.
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1904.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Astronomy, Arab—Tables
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 116
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/062bdd87-d580-4cc9-a7fc-2585357071c0/manifest