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المنهل العذب المستطاب في كيفية العمل بالاسطرلاب / جمع محمد ابراهيم الابراسي الخلوتي.
al-Manhal al-ʻadhb al-mustaṭāb fī kayfīyat al-ʻamal bi-al-asṭurlāb / jamʻ Muḥammad Ibrāhīm al-Ibrāsī al-Khalwatī.
1827
A treatise on the astrolabe, being an abridgment of the Risālah fī al-asṭurlāb of ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm Afandī al-Qayṣarī.
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- Publisher
- 7 Ṣafar 1243 [August 30, 1827?]
- People
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- Author
- Ibrāshī, ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad Ibrāhīm, active 19th century
- ابراشي، عبد الله محمد ابراهيم، active 19th century
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 518H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A treatise on the astrolabe, being an abridgment of the Risālah fī al-asṭurlāb of ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm Afandī al-Qayṣarī.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- المنهل العذب المستطاب في كيفية العمل بالاسطرلاب / جمع محمد ابراهيم الابراسي الخلوتي.
- Transliterated Title
- al-Manhal al-ʻadhb al-mustaṭāb fī kayfīyat al-ʻamal bi-al-asṭurlāb / jamʻ Muḥammad Ibrāhīm al-Ibrāsī al-Khalwatī.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 518H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcrr172779r
- Publisher
- 7 Ṣafar 1243 [August 30, 1827?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1827
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 6 leaves : paper ; 210 x 125 (173 x 86-96) mm.
- Provenance
- Signature of the abridger, Muḥammad al-Ibrāshī, with his seal impression (fol. 1a). Seal impression repeated on fols. 4a and 6b. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1009.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Marginal notes and glosses. Note following the colophon mentioning other works on the topic.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 6 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 31 lines per page.
- Description: Watermarks ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: According to colophon copied Friday 7 Ṣafar 1243 by the jāmiʻ Muḥammad Ibrāhīm al-Ibrīshī al-Khalwatī (fol. 6b).
- Colophon: وکان الفراغ من تسويدها يوم الجمعة المبارك سابع يوم من شهر صفر سنة 1243 على يد جامعها محمد ابراهيم الابراشي الشافعي الخلوتي عفي عنه م
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد منك اليك يا من خلق خلقت الشمس والقمر ... بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وحده والصلاة والسلام علي ... وبعد فهذه رسالة في کيفية العمل بالاسطرلاب اختصرتها من رسالة من الامام ... عبد الحليم افندي القيصري ...
- Binding Note
- Unbound.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 16
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/55ade324-ad5d-4b93-b7d2-73c65ef40bcd/manifest