Description of University of Pennsylvania LJS 474: Sharḥ Jighmīnī fī fann al-hayʼah. University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts LJS 474: Sharḥ Jighmīnī fī fann al-hayʼah. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. codex. Title from colophon (f. 92v). 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts LJS 474 9951457893503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122621540 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5145789 Commentary on Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-Jighmīnī's Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah with a few marginal notes; first page is a later replacement. Arabic Sharḥ Jighmīnī fī fann al-hayʼah. شرح جغميني في فن الهيئه Qāḍīʹzādah, Mūsá ibn Muḥammad, -approximately 1436 قاضى‌ز‌اده، موسى بن محمد، scribe Muḥammad ʻĀbid محمد عابد،

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 ii, 90, ii leaves : 235 x 160 (165 x 95) mm. bound to 238 x 172 mm Paper, ii + 90 + ii; [1-94], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto, including flyleaves. Written in 15 long lines. Written in naskh with elements of ruqʻah. 23 simple diagrams in red, red and blue, or red and black (f. 15r, 18v, 22v, 25v, 39r, 43r, 43v, 45r, 46r, 46v, 47v, 48r, 50v, 63r-64r, 70r, 77r-77v, 80r-80v, 83v, 85v); overlining in red and black; selected words and phrases in red. Diagram, f. 15r Diagram, f. 18v Diagram, f. 22v Diagram, f. 23v Diagram, f. 25v Diagram, f. 39r Diagram, f. 43r Diagram, f. 43v Diagram, f. 45r Diagram, f. 46r Diagram, f. 46v Diagram, f. 47v Diagram, f. 48r Diagram, f. 50v Diagram, f. 63r Diagram, f. 63v Diagram, f. 64r Diagram, f. 70r Diagram, f. 77r Diagram, f. 77v Diagram, f. 80r Diagram, f. 80v Diagram, f. 83v Diagram, f. 85v

Modern leather with inset stamped central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis.

The copy was completed by Muḥammad ʻĀbid (f. 92v), and is undated, though probably copied in the 17th or 18th century. A date of 900 (A.H.) was likely added later; it is in a different ink that is similar to the ink used for the replacement page at the beginning.

between 1600 and 1799? Sold by Bouwman Oriental Books (Groenekan, Netherlands) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, 28 Mar. 2005. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011. Astronomy--Early works to 1800 Astronomy Manuscripts, Arabic Manuscripts, 17th century Manuscripts, 18th century Manuscripts, Renaissance Codices (bound manuscripts) Commentaries Diagrams Early works Codices