Sharḥ-i Zīj-i Ulugh Bēg.

Abstract:

Commentary on the Zīj-i jadīd-i Sulṭānī, which comprised tables of calendar calculations, trigonometry, planets, and stars compiled from observations made at the observatory in Samarqand, completed in 1447. Includes some tables, marginal commentary attributed to Mullah Muẓaffar (f. 239v), 7 generally contemporary diagrams tipped in, and 1 diagram and 1 small note laid in.

Creator:

Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, active 16th century.

Date:

1523

Identifier:

9951131033503681; (OCoLC)122621545; (OCoLC)ocn122621545; (PU)5113103-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Persian

Provenance:

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.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Publisher:

A.H. 929 (1523)

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs411.html

Subject:

Astronomy.; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.; Diagrams.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.; Tables (documents); Commentaries.; Manuscripts, Persian.; Manuscripts, 15th century.; Codices (bound manuscripts)

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

242 leaves : paper, illustrations; 244 x 174 (190 x 130) mm bound to 247 x 186 mm + 2 notes

Personal Name:

Ulugh Beg,; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.; Aga Khan, Sadruddin, Prince, 1933-2003, former owner.; Muẓaffar, Mullah, associated name.

Corporate Name:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Reading note (f. 240r); other notes (f. 240v, [242]v).; Origin: Copy completed in Rajab 929 A.H. (June 1523) by the author (Anā al-ʻabd ʻAbd al-ʻAlī) with date conversions given to three other calendars (f. 240r).; Decoration: Numerous diagrams and some tables in red and black ink; 2 marginal diagrams in green ink (f. 209r); overlining in red throughout.; Ms. codex.; Binding: Later black leather over pasteboard (Type III); some notes and diagrams in margins show signs of trimming.; Title from added title (f. 1r); Foliation: Paper, ii + 242; [1-11, i, 12-63, i, 64-85, i, 86-87, i, 88-130, i, 131-220, i, 221-230, i, 231-242], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso.; Layout: Written in 19 long lines.; Script: Written in neat nastaʻlīq script in black ink, by the author, with marginal commentary in the hand of Mullah Muẓaffar (f. 239v).; Persian.

Physical Location:

LJS 411

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)