Or 15656 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
Astrological treatise
Contents
1 copy of Lavā’iḥ al-qamar by Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, d. 1504 or 5
An astrological treatise, concerning auspicious hours, days and months according to the positions of the moon by Ḥusayn Vā‘iẓ Kāshifī (d. 910/1504-5).
The present manuscript was produced during the author’s lifetime and probably in his hometown of Herat, and strengthens the case for using the alternative title of the work, Ikhtiyārāt-i nujūm.
The work contains a number of tables.
Colophon on title page, f. 1r, naming the work as Ikhtiyārāt al-nujūm and the author as Ustāz̲unā va Shaykhunā al-Ḥakīm Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Bayhaqī al-Kashifī al-Haravī. Copied in Muḥarram 909/June-July 1503 by ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad al-Mashhadī al-Haravī.
Other contents: f. 1r, inscription giving the title as Ikhtiyārāt al-nujūm; later small inscription: Ikhtiyārāt-i nujūm va Risālah dar ma‘rifat-i istikhrāj-i taqvīm; ownership inscription of Aḥmad ibn Faz̤l Allāh al-Shīrāzī, 1000/1591-2.
Title supplied.
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Naskhī. Scribe: ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad al-Mashhadī al-Haravī
Decoration
Headings, tables and quotations in red.
Binding
Binding: brown leather over boards; red edging and spine.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Aḥmad ibn Faz̤l Allāh al-Shīrāzī, inscription dated 1000/1591-2.
2000-10-11
Acquired from Bonhams sale 11 October 2000, Lot 62.
Record Sources
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