Lavāyiḥ al-qamar; لوايح القمر

Alternate Title:

Lawāyiḥ al-qamar

Contributor:

Rosebery's Auctioneers & Valuers (seller)

Name:

Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, -1504 or 1505

Date:

1814

Description:

Treatise on astrology.

Language:

Persian

Provenance:

Purchased at Rosebery's Auctions, 3 May 2019, Lot 85

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex2052.html; The Jonathan A. Hill Endowed Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366224

Subject:

Astrology, Arab -- Early works to 1800; Astrology -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); diagrams; tables (documents); Diagrams; Tables (documents); Manuscripts, Persian; Manuscripts, 19th century

Physical Description:

i, 87, leaves : paper; 220 x 110 (155 x 70) mm bound to 220 x 115 mm.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Jonathan A. Hill Endowed Fund.; Ms. codex.; Persian.; Title for manuscript from introduction (f. 2r).; Foliation: Foliated in ink, upper left recto; catchwords each leaf, lower left verso. Two leaves at the end are bound out of order; foliation as bound: 1-79, 83-84, 81-82, 85-87.; Layout: Written in 25 long lines.; Script: Written in naskh script in black ink; pointed.; Decoration: Tables, diagrams and rubrications in red.; Binding: Reddish leather over pasteboard (Type III); red paper doublure.; Origin: Copy completed in 1229 A.H. (1814 CE) (f. 83v)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 2052

Collection:

Jonathan A. Hill Endowed Fund