Description of Columbia University MS Or 10: Mukhtaṣar-i Bīst dar maʻrifat-i usṭurlāb.

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A treatise on astrolabe and its uses in astronomical geography, calendars, and time keeping.

Persian Mukhtaṣar-i Bīst dar maʻrifat-i usṭurlāb. مختصر بيست در معرفت اسطرلاب Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 طوسى، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد، former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1v Mukhtaṣar-i Bīst dar maʻrifat-i usṭurlāb.

paper

23 unfoliated leaves: 205 x 125 (155 x 80) mm, bound to 210 x 135 mm 15 long lines. Written in informal taʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Rubrications in red. Stamps

Three-quarter covers with red leather and marbled paper sides; matching marbled paper endpapers.

Copy completed in Rabīʻ al-Thānī 698 (f. 22r).

1299 Iran? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Astronomy--Islamic countries--History Astrolabes--Early works to 1800 Geography, Arab--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Persian--New York (State)--New York Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents) Stamps (Provenance)