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Title

Kitāb-i usṭurlāb az Muḥaqqiq-i Ṭūsī.
کتاب اسطرلاب از محقق طوسى

Authors

• Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274
  طوسى، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد،

Other related names

• Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936, former owner

Call number

MS Or 288
(New York, NY. 10027, Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 15277076
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1232108043
• https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0032/html/ms_or_288.html
• https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/15277076

Publisher

Columbia University

Language

Persian

Origin

Date

17--? - 18--?

Summary

A copy of Ṭūsī's short work on astrolabes.

Notes

• Manuscript codex.
   
• Title from caption title (f. 1r)
   

Extent

Iii, 27, iii leaves : 247 x 140 (160 x 80) mm, bound to 255 x 144 mm

Support

Laid paper

Binding

Red marbled paper sides over cardboard; plain paper doublure.

Layout

Written in 13 long lines.

Decoration

Rubrications in red.

Script

Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.

Provenance

• Gift of George Arthur Plimpton.
   

Subjects topical

• Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800
• Astronomy, Arab--History
• Astronomy, Medieval--Early works to 1800
• Astrolabes--Early works to 1800
• Astrolabes--Islamic Empire
• Manuscripts, Persian--New York (State)--New York

Genres

• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Manuscripts (documents)
• Early works

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 1v — Kitāb-i usṭurlāb az Muḥaqqiq-i Ṭūsī.

Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate: "GeOrge A. Plimpton"