Description of Columbia University MS Or 19: Panjāh bāb-i sulṭānī bi-ʻilm-i usṭurlāb.

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On the use of the astrolabe in calendar making and astrology; ends abruptly; no colophon.

Persian Panjāh bāb-i sulṭānī bi-ʻilm-i usṭurlāb. پنجاه باب سلطانى بعلم اسطرلاب Āmulī, Rukn ibn Sharaf al-Dīn, active 1456 آملى، رکن بن شرف الدىن former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 dedicatee Abū al-Qāsim Bābur Mīrzā 2 Panjāh bāb-i sulṭānī bi ʻilm-i usṭurlāb

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42 bi-paginated leaves : 200 x 140 (165 x 110) mm, bound to 220 x 150 mm Numbers in ink at the top of every other page, number 11 repeats. Catchwords every verso, lower left. References in the record are to the pagination as it appears in the manuscript. 17 lines per page with some marginalia; frame-ruled. Written in nastaʻliq in black ink. Section headers and overlines in red. Includes 7 tables: pp. [24], [32], 35, [36], 43, [54], [60], and 4 diagrams: pp. 25, [26], 27, 63. Table Diagram Diagram Diagram Table Table Table Table Table Table Diagram

Islamic binding, sewn on two wide leather thongs. Full dark brown leather, blind tooled.

Likely copied in Herat. The work is written on different types of paper including European laid paper and machine-made paper.

between 1750 and 1899? Herat Presumed to be a gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Astrolabes--Early works to 1800 Astronomy--Early works to 1800 Astronomical instruments--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Persian Manuscripts Codices Diagrams Tables (documents) Islamic bindings (Binding) Full covers Supported sewing