Islamic Arabic 273 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
Mingana
Contents
1 copy of Kitāb al-sumūt fī al-mīqāt ʿalā al-tamām wa al-kamāl
Astronomical tables showing the relation between the Zenith distance and the twelve signs of the Zodiac.
A leaf missing between ff. 28-29 containing the 26th and 27th degree.
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 2011
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 34 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 17.5 × 12.9 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Layout
Hand(s)
Written in Naskhī of about the 16th century
Decoration
Profusely rubricated
History
Origin: Undated, probably 16th 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, with additional enhancements.
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