Description of Columbia University MS Or 20: Taṣrīḥ fī sharḥ Tashrīḥ al-aflāk.

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Copy of a commentary on Bahāʼ al-Dīn al-ʻĀmilīʼs treatise on astronomy, Tashrīḥ al-aflāk. Extensive marginalia including some tipped in note pages and notes at the beginning and end. Diagrams are marked by red fore-edge tabs.

Arabic Taṣrīḥ fī sharḥ Tashrīḥ al-aflāk. تصريح في شرح تشريح الافلاك Lāhūrī, Imām al-Dīn ibn Luṭf Allāh لاهوري، امام الدين بن لطف الله former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1r Notes 2v Taṣrīḥ fī sharḥ Tashrīḥ al-aflāk.

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72 paginated leaves : 227 x 134 (130 x 65) mm, bound to 227 x 134 x 8 mm Written in 10 long lines; extensive marginalia. Written in naskh in black ink; pointed. Marginalia in nastaʻlīq; pointed. Diagrams in red, blue and black; rubrications in red. Note describing the ms. pasted in. Stamp: David Eugene Smith Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Table Table Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram

Paper folder used as cover.

Item is undated. Perhaps produced in India in the 19th century.

1800?-1899? India? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Formerly owned by David Eugene Smith (stamp on first unnumbered leaf recto). ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn,--1547-1621--Tashrīḥ al-aflāk Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800 Astronomy--Islamic countries--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Arabic--New York (State)--New York codices (bound manuscripts) Commentaries diagrams manuscripts (documents) marginalia (annotations)