RSPA 220 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Ashburner Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
Miscellany containing four separate works
Contents
An astrological compilation in Persian ascribed to Ṣafī ibn Muḥammad Munajjam Jīlī Lāḥijī from various authors in 82 chapters with a khāṭimah.
Followed by a table (f.24v) of ascendants for important cities.
Headings in red. 16 lines per page.
An untitled Persain treatise without author on the astrolabe, followed (ff. 28v-33r) by astronomical and astrological tables.
Headings in red. 16 lines per page.
A poem on the significance of tinglings and twitchings of different parts of the body.
Headings in red. In 4 columns, 13-14 lines per page.
Part of an unidentified Zoroastrian work.
The copyist's name, Siyāvakhsh ibn Ūrmazdyār and genealogy is given in full on f. 39v.
Headings in red.
Prayers and instructions in Persian and Avestan.
Folio 54 blank. 14 lines to a page. Headings in red.
Physical Description
European numerals in pencil.
Layout
Various layouts.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq.
Decoration
Table of ascendants for important cities.
Astronomical and astrological tables.
Headings in red.
Catchwords.
Binding
Leather European-style Indian binding with gilt borders and central panel containing gilt-stamped medallion
Accompanying Material
History
Provenance and Acquisition
RSPA 119-265 were presented to the Royal Society between 1864 and 1865 by Burjorjee Sorabjee Ashburner; bookplate: "Presented to the Royal Society / by Mr. Burjorjee Sorabjee Ashburner / May 1864".
The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.
1876
India Office Library
Record Sources
Availability
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