MS Arabic 622 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)

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1 almanac in Arabic for year 1237 AH

Author: Anonymous
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.

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