Islamic Arabic 1496 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)

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Mingana

1 copy of Extract from a larger work on astronomy

Author: Anonymous

Title: Extract from a larger work on astronomy

Includes several astronomical tables

Incipit: بسم الله الحي الازلي نبتدي بعونه تعالي نكتب هذا الباب التاع ... قال هذا الباب حدود الاقاليم

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 1917

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 48 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 17.0 × 11.3 cm.

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Hand(s)

Written in Naskhī of probably the 19th century

Decoration

History

Origin: Undated, probably of the 19th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on H. L. Gottschalk et al.: Islamic Arabic Manuscripts. Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts. Vol. IV. Revised edition edited by Derek Hopwood. Birmingham: Selly Oak Colleges, 1985.

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Funding of Cataloguing

Cadbury Research Library

Subjects

Astronomy

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