Description of Columbia University MS Or 293: Zīj. Columbia University These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 293: Zīj. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. To the extent possible under law, Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 293: Zīj.. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode. Manuscript codex. Title from title page (f. 1r); other title from beginning of work (f. 1v). Three owner's notes, two of which are dated 1212 A.H. (1797 CE) and 1246 A.H. (1830 CE) (second front flyleaf recto) and two effaced stamps (first and second front flyleaves recto). New York, NY. 10027 Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 293 15309765 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1237690089 http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0032/html/ms_or_293.html https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/15309765 Copy of a work on horoscopes. A short introduction precedes numerous tables of their risings and settings. Arabic Zīj. زيج former owner Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936 donor Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936 former owner Sarūrī, Ismāʻīl ibn Pīr Muḥammad سرورى، اسماعيل بن پير محمد، former owner Dahīʹzādah, active 1797 دهى‌ز‌اده، former owner Ibrāhīmʹzādah Ismāʻīl Z̲ihnī, active 1830 ابراهيم‌ز‌اده اسماعيل ذهنى، 1r Zīj.

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 77 foliated leaves : 220 x 136 (130 x 83) mm, bound to 220 x 142 x 13 mm Written in 23 long lines or in 10-column tables; border-ruled. Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Border-rules and rubrications in red. Bookplate: "George A. Plimpton" Effaced stamp; notations Owner's notations Bookplate: "George A. Plimpton"

The item is undated; possibly produced in the 18th century.

17--?-1797 Gift of George Arthur Plimpton, 1936. Formerly owned by al-Sayyid al-Ḥājj Ismāʻīl ibn Pīr Muḥammad Afandī Sarūrī (note in ink second front flyleaf recto). Formerly owned by [...] Dahīʹzādah, 1212 A.H. (1797 CE) (note in ink second front flyleaf recto). Formerly owned by Ibrāhīmʹzādah Ismāʻīl Z̲ihnī?, 1246 A.H. (1830 CE) (note in ink second front flyleaf recto). Formerly owned by George Arthur Plimpton (bookplates inside front and back covers). Manuscripts, Arabic--New York (State)--New York Astronomy, Arab--Tables--Early works to 1800 Astrology, Arab--Tables--Early works to 1800 codices (bound manuscripts) manuscripts (documents) tables (documents) Annotations (Provenance)