[Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah]; [ملخص في الهيئه]

Creator:

Jaghmīnī, Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad, -1221? (author)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1384

Description:

Astronomical textbook arranged in two chapters with an introduction; five diagrams.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Muḥammad ibn [?] Nāṣir al-Dawlah, A.H. 1246 (1830-1831, Qajar seal imprint, f. 1r, 19v).; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd., cat. 22 (July 2000), no. 60, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.; Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dawlah, former owner.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs388.html; Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000289

Subject:

Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); diagrams; Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, Medieval; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

19 leaves : paper; 168 x 98 (130 x 65) mm bound to 168 x 105 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Paper, i + 19 + ii.; Layout: Written in 21 long lines.; Script: Written in nastaʻlīq script.; Decoration: 4 diagrams in red ink (f. 3v-5r), 1 diagram in black ink (f. 18r); rubrications in red.; Binding: Red leather over card, blind-tooled frame; light blue paper doublure.; Origin: Copy completed on 29 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 786 (29 May 1384, colophon, f. 19v).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 388

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)