Majmūʻah-yi rasāʼil-i nādirah fī al-ʻulūm al-falakīyah (DS28707) (Q108809)
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- مجموعه رسائل نادرة في العلوم الفلكية
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Majmūʻah-yi rasāʼil-i nādirah fī al-ʻulūm al-falakīyah
مجموعه رسائل نادرة في العلوم الفلكية
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scientific illustrations (images)
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Predictive astrology--Early works to 1800
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Fortune-telling--Islamic Empire--Early works to 1800
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Quadrants (Astronomical instruments)--Early works to 1800
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Palmistry--Islamic Empire--Early works to 1800
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Astrology, Arab--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Persian--New Jersey--Princeton
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Manuscripts, Turkish--New Jersey--Princeton
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Sundials--Islamic Empire--Early works to 1800
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Time measurements--Islamic Empire--Early works to 1800
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Astronomical instruments--Islamic Empire--Early works to 1800
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Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800
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Divination--Islamic Empire--Early works to 1800
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Arabic alphabet--Symbolic aspects--Early works to 1800
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Ibn al-Sarrāj, Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr, active 14th century
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Manuscripts, Arabic--New Jersey--Princeton
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Geometry--Islamic Empire--Early works to 1800
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Ṣidqī, Muṣṭafá, -1769 or 1770
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1650-1651
17. century
1650
1651
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Extent: 433 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 200 x 140 mm. bound to 200 x 150 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from title page (fol. 1a).
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Inscription in red pencil in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover and on a label pasted on the pastedown of the same cover: "SH 158." Table of contents on fol. Aa-b. Inscription stating the number of leaves in the copy on fol. 431b. Blank folios between some of the titles not accounted for in the list
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Collation: Paper; fol. A-B + 431; catchwords; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals--recto is numbered, verso has number + "A."
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Layout: 13-25 lines per page.
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Description: Rubricated with ample use of red; watermarks.
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Decoration: Tables, charts, diagrams, and illustrations. See in particular the hand on fol. 125a and the comets on fol. 311a.
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Origin: Several texts are dated (see fol. 73b, 164a, 171b, 180a, 205b, 227b, fol. 256b), ranging from 19 Jumādá al-Ulá 1060 (fol. 269a) to 20 Shawwāl 1061 (fol. 73b). The place of copy is mentioned in one colophon as being Qusṭanṭinīyah (Constantinople) (fol. 164a). The name of the copyist, Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá, is mentioned on fol. 171b and 227b.
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Several ownership statements on fol. 1a, one in the name of al-Ḥājj Muṣṭafá Ṣidqī dated 15 [Ramaḍā]n 1153 [1740], with seal impression. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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18 December 2025
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18 December 2025
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