MS Arabic 622 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
Contents
1 almanac in Arabic for year 1237 AH
Title: Astronomical data tables for months of the year 1237 AH (1821-22 CE)
Incipit: (beginning) f.1r.1 زايرحة تحويل سنه العالم بافق مصر المحروسه باصول الغ بيك
Explicit: (ending) f.7r.28 سقوط الذرا ساعات النهار ١٣٢
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Burnished paper; watermark present.
Extent: 8 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 153 mm.
Dimensions (written): 180 × 135 mm.
Foliation: Lacks foliation.
Collation
8 ff.
Condition
Deteriorated
Layout
Tables with 13 columns and 18 rows.
Hand(s)
Script: naskh
Ink: black and red
Decoration
Rubrication
Additions:
- Various calculations f. 9r
Binding
205 × 155 mm. Paper binding; paper covers.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchase note: Muḥammad ʿArām Ḥimṣī in Babylon (Coptic Cairo), 1249, f. 9r.
Manuscript was copied and purchased in Cairo.