Laṭāʼif al-kalām fī aḥkām al-aʻwām; لطائف الكلام في احكام الاعوام

Name:

Ḥusaynī, Muḥammad, active 14th century-15th century

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1448

Description:

Two treatises on astrology bound together.

Language:

Persian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Muḥammad Dhará, the timekeeper at the mosque of Sulṭān Muḥammad Khān (note in ink, f. 1r).; Formerly owned by al-Ḥājj Muṣṭafá Ṣidqī, 1790? (stamp, f. 1r).; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 2004.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Muḥammad Dhará, former owner.; Mustafa Sıdkı, -1769, former owner.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs466.html; The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000471

Subject:

Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Persian; Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, 15th century; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Codices (bound manuscripts); Diagrams; Tables (documents); Treatises; Compilation manuscripts; Stamps (Provenance); Annotations (Provenance); manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

103 leaves : paper; 162 x 125 (125 x 75-85) mm bound to 162 x 130 mm + 2 notes

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from introduction (f. 1v).; Foliation: Paper, i + 103 + i; 1-95, [96-103], later foliation in ink, upper left recto, end of manuscript (f. 96-103) not foliated.; Layout: Written in 15 (f. 1v-95r) and 19-20 (f. 96v-100v) long lines.; Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed, by at least 2 hands (f. 1v-95r, 96v-103r).; Decoration: 7 astronomical diagrams (f. 97r-101r) in red and black ink; 2 of another type of diagram in red and black ink (f. 82r, 83r); tables in red and black ink (f. 83v-84v, 101v-103r); rubrications and overlining in red.; Binding: Light brown leather over pasteboard with marbled paper sides.; Origin: First text dated 11 Rabīʻ al-Ākhir 852 A.H. (June 1448 CE) (f. 95r); the second work is undated.; Ownership stamps and inscriptions (f. 1r).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Persian and Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 466

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)