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Title

Sharḥ-i Zīj-i Ulugh Bēg.
شرح زيج الغ بيگ

Authors

• Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, active 16th century
  برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين،

Other related names

• Muẓaffar, Mullah, associated name
  مظفر,
• Aga Khan, Sadruddin, Prince, 1933-2003, former owner
• Schoenberg, Lawrence J, former owner

Call number

LJS 411
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9951131033503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122621545
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5113103 http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs411.html

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Persian

Origin

Date

A.H. 929 (1523)

Summary

Commentary on the Zīj-i jadīd-i Sulṭānī, which comprised tables of calendar calculations, trigonometry, planets, and stars compiled from observations made at the observatory in Samarqand, completed in 1447. Includes some tables, marginal commentary attributed to Mullah Muẓaffar (f. 239v), 7 generally contemporary diagrams tipped in, and 1 diagram and 1 small note laid in.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from added title (f. 1r)
   
• Reading note (f. 240r); other notes (f. 240v, [242]v).
   

Extent

242 leaves : 244 x 174 (190 x 130) mm bound to 247 x 186 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, ii + 242; [1-11, i, 12-63, i, 64-85, i, 86-87, i, 88-130, i, 131-220, i, 221-230, i, 231-242], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso.

Support

Paper

Binding

Later black leather over pasteboard (Type III); some notes and diagrams in margins show signs of trimming.

Layout

Written in 19 long lines.

Decoration

Numerous diagrams and some tables in red and black ink; 2 marginal diagrams in green ink (f. 209r); overlining in red throughout.

Script

Written in neat nastaʻlīq script in black ink, by the author, with marginal commentary in the hand of Mullah Muẓaffar (f. 239v).

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; sold at auction as part of his collection at Piasa (Paris), 7 June 1999.
   
• Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Mar 2001.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
   
• Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
   

Subjects topical

• Astronomy--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Manuscripts, Persian
• Manuscripts, 15th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance
• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Commentaries
• Diagrams
• Tables (documents)

Licenses

• Text

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Decorations

• fol. 6r — Table, f. 6r
• fol. 8v — Table, f. 8v
• fol. 9r — Table, f. 9r
• fol. 28v — Table, f. 28v
• fol. 29r — Table, f. 29r
• fol. 31v — Table, f. 31v
• fol. 32v — Table, f. 32v
• fol. 37r — Table, f. 37r
• fol. 37v — Table, f. 37v
• fol. 45r — Diagram, f. 45r
• fol. 45v — Table, f. 45v
• fol. 46v — Table, f. 46v
• fol. 47r — Table, f. 47r
• fol. 47v — Diagram, f. 47v
• fol. 48v — Diagram, f. 48v
• fol. 49r — Diagram, f. 49r
• fol. 50r — Diagram, f. 50r
• fol. 50v — Diagram, f. 50v
• fol. 52r — Diagram, f. 52r
• fol. 53r — Table, f. 53r
• fol. 53v — Diagram, f. 53v
• fol. 54r — Diagram, f. 54r
• fol. 56v — Diagram, f. 56v
• fol. 57r — Diagram, f. 57r
• fol. 57v — Diagram, f. 57v
• fol. 58r — Diagram, f. 58r
• fol. 58v — Diagram, f. 58v
• fol. 59r — Diagram, f. 59r
• fol. 59v — Diagram, f. 59v
• fol. 60r — Diagram, f. 60r
• fol. 61r — Diagram, f. 61r
• fol. 61v — Diagram, f. 61v
• fol. 62r — Diagram, f. 62r
• fol. 62v — Diagram, f. 62v
• fol. 63r — Diagram, f. 63r
• fol. 63v — Diagram, f. 63v
• fol. 64v — Diagram, f. 64v
• fol. 67r — Diagram, f. 67r
• fol. 70r — Diagram, f. 70r
• fol. 71r — Diagram, f. 71r
• fol. 76r — Diagram, f. 76r
• fol. 77r — Diagram, f. 77r
• fol. 78v — Diagram, f. 78v
• fol. 79r — Diagram, f. 79r
• fol. 86r — Diagram, f. 86r
• fol. 87r — Diagram, f. 87r
• fol. 87v — Diagram, f. 87v
• fol. 88r — Diagram, f. 88r
• fol. 88v — Diagram, f. 88v
• fol. 89r — Diagram, f. 89r
• fol. 89v — Diagram, f. 89v
• fol. 90r — Diagram, f. 90r
• fol. 92v — Diagram, f. 92v
• fol. 93v — Diagram, f. 93v
• fol. 97v — Table, f. 97v
• fol. 98v — Diagram, f. 98v
• fol. 99r — Diagram, f. 99r
• fol. 99v — Diagram, f. 99v
• fol. 100r — Diagram, f. 100r
• fol. 101r — Diagram, f. 101r
• fol. 101v — Diagram, f. 101v
• fol. 102r — Diagram, f. 102r
• fol. 103r — Diagram, f. 103r
• fol. 105r — Diagram, f. 105r
• fol. 105v — Diagram, f. 105v
• fol. 106v — Diagram, f. 106v
• fol. 107v — Diagram, f. 107v
• fol. 108v — Diagram, f. 108v
• fol. 109r — Diagram, f. 109r
• fol. 110r — Diagram, f. 110r
• fol. 111r — Diagram, f. 111r
• fol. 111v — Diagram, f. 111v
• fol. 113v — Diagram, f. 113v
• fol. 114r — Diagram, f. 114r
• fol. 114v — Diagram, f. 114v
• fol. 115v — Diagram, f. 115v
• fol. 116v — Diagram, f. 116v
• fol. 122r — Diagram, f. 122r
• fol. 129v — Diagram, f. 129v
• fol. 130v — Diagram, f. 130v
• fol. 131r — Diagram, f. 131r
• fol. 131v — Diagram, f. 131v
• fol. 132r — Diagram, f. 132r
• fol. 133r — Diagram, f. 133r
• fol. 135r — Diagram, f. 135r
• fol. 135v — Diagram, f. 135v
• fol. 138r — Diagram, f. 138r
• fol. 138v — Diagram, f. 138v
• fol. 139r — Diagram, f. 139r
• fol. 141r — Diagram, f. 141r
• fol. 142r — Diagram, f. 142r
• fol. 143v — Diagram, f. 143v
• fol. 143v — Table, f. 143v
• fol. 145r — Diagram, f. 145r
• fol. 146v — Diagram, f. 146v
• fol. 147v — Diagram, f. 147v
• fol. 149r — Table, f. 149r
• fol. 150r — Diagram, f. 150r
• fol. 151v — Diagram, f. 151v
• fol. 153v — Diagram, f. 153v
• fol. 154r — Diagram, f. 154r
• fol. 155v — Diagram, f. 155v
• fol. 157v — Diagram, f. 157v
• fol. 157v — Table, f. 157v
• fol. 159v — Diagram, f. 159v
• fol. 160r — Diagram, f. 160r
• fol. 161v — Diagram, f. 161v
• fol. 162r — Diagram, f. 162r
• fol. 162v — Diagram, f. 162v
• fol. 163v — Diagram, f. 163v
• fol. 165v — Diagram, f. 165v
• fol. 166v — Diagram, f. 166v
• fol. 167r — Table, f. 167r
• fol. 167v — Diagram, f. 167v
• fol. 168r — Diagram, f. 168r
• fol. 168v — Diagram, f. 168v
• fol. 169r — Diagram, f. 169r
• fol. 171v — Table, f. 171v
• fol. 172v — Table, f. 172v
• fol. 177r — Diagram, f. 177r
• fol. 179v — Diagram, f. 179v
• fol. 180r — Diagram, f. 180r
• fol. 182v — Diagram, f. 182v
• fol. 183r — Diagram, f. 183r
• fol. 184r — Diagram, f. 184r
• fol. 185r — Diagram, f. 185r
• fol. 186r — Diagram, f. 186r
• fol. 186v — Diagram, f. 186v
• fol. 188r — Diagram, f. 188r
• fol. 190r — Diagram, f. 190r
• fol. 192r — Diagram, f. 192r
• fol. 199r — Diagram, f. 199r
• fol. 200r — Diagram, f. 200r
• fol. 201v — Diagram, f. 201v
• fol. 202r — Diagram, f. 202r
• fol. 203r — Diagram, f. 203r
• fol. 204r — Diagram, f. 204r
• fol. 205r — Diagram, f. 205r
• fol. 206v — Diagram, f. 206v
• fol. 208v — Diagram, f. 208v
• fol. 209r — Diagram, f. 209r
• fol. 209v — Diagram, f. 209v
• fol. 213r — Diagram, f. 213r
• fol. 214r — Diagram, f. 214r
• fol. 219r — Diagram, f. 219r
• fol. 219v — Diagram, f. 219v
• fol. 220v — Diagram, f. 220v
• fol. 229r — Diagram, f. 229r
• fol. 229v — Diagram, f. 229v
• fol. 230r — Diagram, f. 230r
• fol. 231r — Diagram, f. 231r
• fol. 233r — Diagram, f. 233r
• fol. 233v — Diagram, f. 233v
• fol. 234v — Diagram, f. 234v
• fol. 241r — Diagram, f. 241r