Description of Columbia University. MS Or 41: Sabʻ samawāt li-sirr samāʼī.

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Copy of an astrology text for divination. Includes a number of tables.

Persian Sabʻ samawāt li-sirr samāʼī. سبع سموات لسر سمائي Fārūqī, Fatḥ Allāh ibn Muṣṭafá ibn ʻAbd al-Shakūr, active approximately 16th century-17th century فاروقى، فتح الله بن مصطفى بن عبد الشکور، former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 [1r] Sabʻ samavāt li-sirr-i samāʼī

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86 foliated leaves : 235 x 155 (200 x 110) mm, bound to 245 x 160 mm Contemporary Hindu-Arabic foliation in ink, upper center recto, catchwords every verso, lower left. 15 long lines. Written in rapid nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed. Several tables (f. 3r, 7r, 37r, 37v, 42r-43r, 44v-47r, 50v, 60r, 67r, 70v) and diagrams (f. 25r, 25v, 55r, 76v-77r, 79r). Library note in English Table Table Table Table Table Table Tables Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Diagram Diagram Diagram

Half binding of red leather with marbled paper sides (red, blue, black, white).

Copy dated 1011 AH (f. 86v); likely copied in India.

1602 or 1603 India? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Astronomy, Arab--Tables--Early works to 1800 Astrology, Arab--Early works to 1800 Divination--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Persian Codices (bound manuscripts) Diagrams Tables (documents) Manuscripts (documents)