Wadh.Minasian 488 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Summary of Contents: This is a brief treatise in Persian on traditional astronomy, including an introduction, two articles, and a conclusion, as follows: an introduction to outline what should already be known before beginning in this science, in two sections, the first being about what relates to geometry, and the second being about what relates to natural sciences. The first article describes heavenly bodies (ajrām-i ʿuluvī) in six chapters. The second article describes Earth's astronomy, Ūbāqālīm part, and anything else required, in 11 chapters. The conclusion is about how to recognise dimensions and bodies in observation.

Language(s): Persian

Astronomy

Title: [Risālah dar Hayʾat]

Title: [رساله در هیئت]

Author: Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad -1474 or 1475. Qūshchī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, died 879 AH/1474. قوشجی، علی بن محمد. قوشچی، علی بن محمد، ۸۷۹ ق / ۱۴۷۴ م.

Incipit: بسمله، الحمدلله رب العالمین حمد الشاکرین والصلوة علی خیر خلقه محمد و آله اما بعد این کتاب مشتملست بر مقدمه و دو مقاله مقدمه در بیان آنچه پیش از شروع درین علم دانستنیست و آن دو قسم است. قسم اول در آنچه…

Explicit: … اصغر ثوابت مرصوده دویست و بیست و دو برابر زمین است و اصغر ثوابت مرصوده بیست و سه برابر زمین است والله اعلم.

Colophon: تمت الرسالة هیات فارسی سنه ۱۱۲۹.

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

FAW 402

Similar copies in other libraries:

MAJ, 10/330
MAL, 6/209
UTL, 4/889

Similar manuscripts listed in other catalogues:

KAS, 1/900
DEN, 7/833

On the Web:

Digitized version of another copy of this work.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Western paper (watermark), Natural buff, varying thickness (regular and thick), one size, glossy.

Extent: 57 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 21.5 × 16.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 15 × 8 cm.

Layout

Hand(s)

Cursive Nastaʿlīq, one hand, fairly large hand. Anonymous

Decoration

Rubricated titles; rubricated astronomical and geometrical drawings.

Additions: Oval stamp on folio 2a. «لطفعلی» Oval stamp on folio 56a. «عبده فتح‌الله ۱۱۶۴»

Note on ownership transfer dated 1222 AH on f. 57b.
Some verses of Hāfiẓ poetry and other miscellaneous notes dated 1257 AH on f. 57b.

Binding

Black leather, 17 × 22 cm, front + back cover, single layer of leather only.

Simple tooling (Medallion, two half-Medallion).

Condition

Damage to the cover's decoration. Back bone mending by leather.

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1129 AH; 1716 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

Record Sources

This record was created by Dr Mohammad Emami based on the information published in the Persian catalogue by Dr Ali Mir-Ansari (Catalogue of the Persian and Arabic Manuscripts in the Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection), Tehran: Miras-e Maktoob, 2016).

Availability

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Key to bibliographical abbreviations of alternative versions:

Libraries:

AQR: Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi; FAW: Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection); GIE: Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Manuscripts; GIP: Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Photographed and Microfilmed Manuscripts; GUL: Library of Ayatollah Gulpayigani; MAJ: Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly; MAL: Malek National Museum and Library; MNL: Mar'ashi Najafi Library; NLI: National Library of Iran; SEP: Sepahsalar (Shahid Motahari) Mosque and School of Tehran; TCL: Tabriz Central Public Library; UTL: Central Library of University of Tehran;

Catalogues:

ALZ: الذریعه; ARP: فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی عربی; COM: فهرست مشترک نسخه‌های خطی فارسی; DEN: فهرستواره دست‌نوشته‌های ایران (دنا); FAM: فهرست نسخه‌های خطی فارسی; FAP: فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی فارسی; FIH: فهرستواره کتاب‌های فارسی; KAS: کشف الظنون عن اسامی الکتب و الفنون; RAY: ریحانة الادب فی تراجمِ المعروفین بالکنیة او اللّقب; TAB: طبقات اعلام الشیعه.

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World