MS Arabic 618 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
Contents
Tables in Arabic concerning the calendars, the seasons and horoscopes
Title: Series of tables containing data on different calendars, seasons and horoscopes
Incipit: f 1v.1 أوائل السنين والشهور العربيّة على تاريخ الهجرة النبوية
Explicit: f.7r.13 اوّل برج القوس
Covers the years 1236-1270 AH.
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Burnished paper; watermark present.
Extent: 8 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 216 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 181 × 103 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in black and red ink using Arabic numerals.
Collation
Formula: 8 ff.
Condition
Sound
Layout
Columns made up of tables of varying sizes.
Hand(s)
Script: naskh
Ink: black and red
Additions:
- Tables determining the beginning of the years and months of the Arab calendar according to the Islamic calendar f. 1v.
- Tables determining the beginning of the years and months of the Roman calendar according to the Islamic calendar f. 2r.
- Tables determining the periods of the seasons of the year and the horoscopes ff. 2v-8r.
Binding
219 × 137 mm. Modern paper binding; covers mixture of marbled and green paper.