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لقط الجواهر فى تحديد الخطوط والدوائر.
Laqṭ al-jawāhir fī taḥdīd al-khuṭūṭ wa-al-dawāʼir.
1700-1799
An astronomical treatise on determining the hours of prayer.
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- Publisher
- [18th century?]
- People
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- Author
- Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1423-
- سبط المارديني، بدر الدين محمد بن محمد، 1423-
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 141L
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
An astronomical treatise on determining the hours of prayer.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- لقط الجواهر فى تحديد الخطوط والدوائر.
- Transliterated Title
- Laqṭ al-jawāhir fī taḥdīd al-khuṭūṭ wa-al-dawāʼir.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 141L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc4x51hx053
- Publisher
- [18th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1700-1799
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 10 leaves : paper ; 170 x 110 (114 x 63) mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 984.
- Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, V, pp. 271-2, 284, 292.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 5693.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- A few marginal notes. Insert.
- Title from preface (fol. 1b).
- Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 10 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 13 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: Probably from the XVIIIth century.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين .... اما بعد فهذه رسالة اوردت فيها ما يجب استحضاره لمن يبتدء فى علم الميقات وسميتها لقط الجواهر فى تحديد الخطوط والدوائر ...
- Colophon: تمت الرسالة بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم امين
- Binding Note
- Unbound.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 30
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/a4923bf5-4710-44c5-84e8-7a5b037c1f9a/manifest