Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
تشريح الافلاك.
Transliterated Title
Tashrīḥ al-aflāk.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 143L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcm326mc70w
Publisher
[29] Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1189 [January 21, 1776]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1776
Format
Manuscript
Extent
22 leaves : paper ; 155 x 107 (100-110 x 40-50) mm bound to 155 x 107 mm.
Provenance
Scribe's seal reading "Ibrāhīm al-Barzanjanī" following colophon. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 999.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from text (fol. 2a).
Extensive marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. "Cosmographie No. 350" on upper pastedown. Astronomical diagrams in red and black (fol. 3b, 8b, 9b, 11b, 13a, 18a-b, 20a, 21b) Tables (fol.17b, 19b)
Collation: Paper ; fol. 22 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 11 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; overlining and other use of red ; watermarks ; MS in good condition.
Origin: According to colophon copied Sunday salkh [29] Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1189 by Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Barzanjī (fol. 22b).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ربنا ما خلقت هذا باطلا سبحانك فقنا عذاب النار ... وبعد فيقول الفقير الى الله الغنى بهاء الدين محمج العاملى عفى الله عنه هذه درة ...
Colophon: تمت بقلم الفقير الى الملك الغنى ابراهيم بن محمد البرزنجى بعد عصر يوم الاحد سلخ ذى القعدة الحرام سنة 1189 يا رب اغفر لى ولوالدى وللمؤمنين
Binding Note
Modern limp binding in cardboard

Discovery Information

Subject
Astronomy, Arab—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
tables (documents)
scientific illustrations (images)
Stamps
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
52

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/76eca226-b030-469a-9818-33ac29b48ab6/manifest