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An astronomical treatise on the surplus of the dāʼir, the latter being the distance from a star to the horizon measured on its parallel. Fragment on folio 12, with two charts and the end of a text, appears to be either a later addition or part of a separate treatise.
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- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 536H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
An astronomical treatise on the surplus of the dāʼir, the latter being the distance from a star to the horizon measured on its parallel. Fragment on folio 12, with two charts and the end of a text, appears to be either a later addition or part of a separate treatise.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- رسالة على فضل الدائر.
- Transliterated Title
- Risālah ʻalá faḍl al-dāʼir.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 536H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dchm50v332p
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1693
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 12 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 222 x 157 (140 x 93) mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1001.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- A few marginal notes and glosses. With tables.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 12 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 21 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (crown-star-crescent) ; MS in good condition but stained with dampness.
- Origin: According to colophon copied Tuesday 18 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1105 by Aḥmad al-Maḥdhūb (fol. 11b). Fragment copied 10 Muḥarram 1110 by Manṣūr al-Shābāsī al-Mālikī al-Azʹharī (fol. 12b).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على اعظم المرسلين وبعد فيقول الشيخ المام الحبر ... محمود القباني الشهير بابن قطب المحلي تعمده الله بالرحمة والرضوان ...
- Colophon: [رسالة على فضل الدائر] وكان فراغ من كتابتها يوم الثلاث 18 ربيع الاول سنة 1105 على يد الفقير احمد المحذوب مالكها -- [Fragment] وکان الفراغ من نسخ هذه الرسالة عاشر شهر محرم افتتاح سنة 1110 على يد کاتبها لنفسه بيده الفانية الفقير منصور الشاسي المالکي الازهري عفي عنه و[عن] والده
- Binding Note
- Unbound.
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- File Count
- 28
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- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b857855c-4040-4d4d-9627-ab08dc907f6e/manifest