Arabic MS 353 (The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester)
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Summary of Contents: Commentary on Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad Jaghmīnī's Al-mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʾah by Mūsá ibn Muḥammad Qāḍīʹzādah. This copy contains both the commentary and the Jaghmīnī's text.Title: شرح الملخص في الهيئة البسيطةLanguage(s): ArabicCommentary on The epitome concerning the configuration of the Heavens, a compendium on astronomy written by Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad Jaghmīnī.
Title: الملخص في الهيئة البسيطةLanguage(s): ArabicThe text commented upon is written in red and embodied with the commentary.
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: 85 folios (i+83+i).Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 147 mm.Foliation: Modern foliation in Western Arabic numerals in pencil.Collation
Catchword on every verso.Condition
Worm damage, usage stains, historic repairs.Layout
Uniform layout. Wide outer margins. Justified left margin. Well rubricated.
150 × 82 mm.
Hand(s)
Indian Nastaʾliq script of around mid-18th century.
Decoration
Numerous diagrams in black and red ink.
Additions:Occasional glosses in the margins.
Binding
Half-bound with block-printed paper covers.
243 × 148 × 17 mm.
History
Origin: It was produced around the mid-18th century CE.Provenance and Acquisition
Previously in the collection of Colonel George William Hamilton (1807-1868) who served in India from 1823 to 1867, latterly as Commissioner of Delhi. He acquired over a thousand Indian and Persian manuscripts, from which the British Museum selected 352, now held in the British Library; his bookplate on the back paste-down: "Hamilton MSS. No. 220".
Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (1812-1880), book collector and writer on art Crawford, Alexander Crawford Lindsay, 1812-1880
James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford (1847-1913), astronomer and book collector Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913
Formerly in the Crawford Library (Bibliotheca Lindesiana) at Haigh Hall, Lancashire, which was formed and developed by Alexander and James Ludovic Lindsay.
His bookplate on back paste-down: Bibliotheca Lindesiana 3/F.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford (1847-1913).
Bequeathed by Enriqueta Rylands (1843-1908) Rylands, Enriqueta, 1843-1908 in 1908 to The John Rylands Library .
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