Or 8444 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
A collection of seven tracts on astronomy and astrology
Contents
Summary of Contents: 7 works by 5 authors on the subjects of Islamic calendar, Islamic astronomy, Astrolabes, and Islamic astrology
1. ff 1r-12r
Title: مختصر در معرفة تقویم
Accompanied by diagrams
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 25.
2. ff 13r-25r
Title: مختصر در معرفة اصترلاب
Accompanied by diagrams
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 25.
3. ff 27r-96r
Title: Sharḥ-i bīst bāb
Title: شرح بیست باب
Accompanied by diagrams
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 25.
4. ff 99r-208r
Title: Kifāyat-i ta‘līm
Title: کفایة تعلیم
Accompanied by diagrams
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 25.
5. ff 209v-311r
Title: As̲mār al-ashjār
Title: Ashjār u as̲mār
Title: اثمار الاشجار
Title: اشجار و اثمار
Accompanied by diagrams
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 25.
6. ff 313r-343r
Title: ترجمۀ ثمرۀ بطلیموس
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 25.
7. ff 346r-368r
Title: Ikhtiyārāt-i ‘alā’iyyah
Title: اختیارات علائیه
On the selection of propitious days and times
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 25.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 368 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 25.4 × 13.2 cm.
History
Origin: 18th century CE
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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Subjects
- Islamic calendar
- Islamic astronomy
- Astrolabes--Early works to 1800
- Islamic astrology
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