[Astrological compilation]

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1670

Description:

Collection of astronomical works, including works on the astrolabe, horoscopes, risings and settings of the planets.

Language:

Persian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Muḥammad ʻAlī al-Iṣfahānī, Muḥarram [1]126? A.H. (note f. 1r, stamps f. 1r-2r, 21r, 22r, 42v, 65v, 137v, 163r, 168v).; Formerly owned by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; sold at auction as part of his collection at Piasa (Paris), 7 June 1999.; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Mar. 2001.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Ownership seals (f. 1r-2r, 22r, 42v, 65v, 137r, 157r, 168v).; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.; Iṣfahānī, Muḥammad ʻAlī, active 1714, former owner.; Aga Khan, Sadruddin, Prince, 1933-2003, former owner.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs414.html; Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1502727; The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278

Subject:

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. Romances; Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.; Astrolabes -- Early works to 1800; Astrolabes; Astrology -- Early works to 1800; Astrology; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Horoscopes -- Early works to 1800; Horoscopes

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); Manuscripts, Persian; Manuscripts, 17th century; codices (bound manuscripts); compilation manuscripts; anthologies; drawings (visual works); tables (documents); treatises; romances (medieval narratives)

Physical Description:

168 leaves : paper; 194 x 128 mm bound to 196 x 135 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Table of contents: 1. f.1v-20v: Irshād-i usṭurlāb / Nāṣir ibn Ḥaydar ibn Muḥammad al-Shīrāzī -- 2. f.21r-21v: Fī aḥkām khusūf al-qamr min kalām Dāniyāl al-Nabī -- 3. f.22r-96v: [Collection of treatises and tables] -- 4. f.97v-136v: Maṭāliʻʹnāmah / Abū al-Khayr Muḥammad Taqī Fārsī -- 5. f.137r-157r: Dhakhīrat Iskandar Dhū al-Qarnayn -- 6. f.157v-160v: [Treatise on a horoscope] -- 7. f.161r-162r: Faṣl dar aḥkām-i fard-i imrāt -- 8. f.163r-168v: [On astronomy and the astrolabe]; Foliation: Paper, i + 168 + i; [1-168], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.; Layout: Written in varying numbers of long lines.; Script: Written in nastaʻlīq by multiple hands in black ink; pointed.; Decoration: Ink drawings in the Dhakhīrat Iskandar Dhū al-Qarnayn of an animal, perhaps a jackal (f. 149v), 2 worms with pincers (f. 150v), hybrids of a snake with an animal's head and a person with a snake's tail (f. 151r), a scorpion (f. 151v), a crane (f. 152v), a youth with one hand on his head (f. 153r), and a rougher, sexual drawing of a man and a woman (f. 154v); tables in red and black (f. 41r-107r); significant words or phrases and headings in red throughout.; Binding: Black leather (Type III) with painted gilt borders, stamped with a central mandorla and four pendants on the vertical axis, the middle two pendants bear the name Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad Bāqir; red leather doublure with gold painted central floral cross and frame.; Origin: Some works dated 1081 A.H. (1670 CE), mention they were copied in the madrasah of ʻAlī Jāh Maḥmūd Beg Nāẓir (f. 136v, 157r, 168v), probably in Iṣfahān (f. 136v) in Persia, now Iran.; Three ownership seals (1r, 137r, 157r, 168v).; Persian.; Related Work: Shīrāzī, Ḥaydar ibn Muḥammad, active 13th century-14th century. Irshād-i usṭurlāb.; Related Work: Fārsī, Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, active 16th century. Maṭāliʻʹnāmah.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 414

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)