Item Summary

Two astronomical works consisting primarily of tables.

Descriptive Information

Title
بغية النفس في حل الشمس ... [etc.]
Transliterated Title
Bughyat al-nafs fī ḥall al-shams ... [etc.]
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 146L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dctx31qz45s
Publisher
7 Shawwāl 1184-7 Ṣafar 1185 [January 24, 1771?-May 22, 1771?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1771
Format
Manuscript
Extent
54 leaves : paper ; 215 x 155 (167-190 x 110-130) mm bound to 215 x 155 mm.
Provenance
Stamp in purple ink (fol. 16a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 2158.
Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 5764.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1a-15b: Bughyat al-nafs fī ḥall al-shams. In ten chapters and a conclusion.
2. fol. 16a-54b: [Astronomical tables]. Incomplete at beginning.
Notes
Ms. composite codex.
Title from preface of first work (fol. 1a).
Label on front of wrapper: "K.E. No. 92".
Collation: Paper ; fol. 54 ; foliation in ink in two sequences using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 18-21 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; tables in red and black ; watermarks (horn? in double circle) ; MS in fair condition.
Origin: [Bughyat al-nafs] Copied Friday 7 Ṣafar 1185 by Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf al-K[awwāzī] al-ʻAbbāsī al-Baṣrī al-Shāfiʻī (fol. 15b) -- [Astronomical tables] Copied Monday 7 Shawwāl 1184 by Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf al-Kawwāzī al-ʻAbbāsī al-Baṣrī al-Shāfiʻī (fol. 54b).
Incipit: [بغية النفس] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين ... وبعد فهذه جدوال قليله تحتوي على فواعد جليله سميتها بغية النفس في حل الشمس ... -- [Astronomical tables] ... ان وجود حرف يحصل القوم لنصف نهار ذلك البلد والله اعلم ...
Colophon: [بغية النفس] تمت الجمعه سابع صفر سنه 1185 على يد احمد بن يوسف الك... العباسى ال... الشافعى -- [Astronomical tables] تمت ليلة الاثنين سابع شوال سنه 1184 على يد احمد بن يوسف الكوازى العباسى البصرى الشافعي
Binding Note
Wrapped in a sheet of paper.

Discovery Information

Subject
Astronomy, Arab—Tables
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
116

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/062bdd87-d580-4cc9-a7fc-2585357071c0/manifest