Subject: Astronomy - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1423/1/6
Title:: شرح الملخص في الهيئة.
Scope & Content:: Explanation and interpretation of the book " The summary of Astronomy". |If you would like to view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalogue, please go to : https://libcat.aub.edu.lb/record=b2601347. Extent: 42 pages, 160 unnumbered pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 192 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1423/1/80
Title:: في الحكمة الطبيعية وهي عملية ونظرية. [ويليه] في الهندسة والمساحة.
Scope & Content:: 2 bibliographic titles in one physical manuscript. It is formed of two books. The first isthe Philosophical book about natural wisdom is divided into two parts. The first is the practical one which discusses ethics, politics and social aspects and the theoretical part deals with physics and meta...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 414 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1423/1/81
Title:: كتاب زيج السلطان اولوغ بك السمرقندي.
Scope & Content:: Zīj-i Sulṭānī is an astronomical table and star catalogue that was published by Ulugh Bayk in 1438–1439. It was the byproduct of the cooperation of Muslim astronomers working under the patronage of Ulugh Bayk at Samarkand's Observatory. |If you would like to view the Arabic language descriptio...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 104 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1423/1/96
Title:: مجموعة في الأدب والتراجم والشعر والمواعظ واللطائف والتفاسير والفتاوى والفلك وغيرها من الفوائد / جمعها بخطه محمد امين بن عمر الزهدي بن الحاج ابراهيم آغا، الشهير بإبن زيتونه الدمشقي.
Scope & Content:: Collected works of Arabic literature, poetry, sermons, Islamic fik-h interpretation, fatwas, astronomy and biographies. |If you would like to view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalogue, please go to : https://libcat.aub.edu.lb/record=b2623492. Extent: 490 pages + Geneological tre...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1852
Extent:: 522 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: Maps 5.d.21(3)
Title:: Sternwarte bei Peking [Observatory at Peking]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards astronomical instruments standing on a brick terrace in the observatory at Peking.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 7315
Title:: 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat by Qazvini. One hundred and ninety-four miniatures.
Scope & Content:: ‘‘Aja’ib al-makhluqat’ by Qazvini. One hundred and ninety-four miniatures. Persian. Late sixteenth or early seventeenth century. Literature: Handlist, p.48. Titley no. 243. f.11b. Pegasus (horse). f.12a. Equus Major (horse). f.12b. Draco (dragon). f.26b. Angels which support God’s throne. ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Persian
Date Range:: 1575-1625
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14949
Title:: 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, of unknown authorship, dedicated to the Seljuk Sultan Tughril (reg. 1175-93). Ms is defective and now contains 122 miniatures in a primitve Sultanate style.
Scope & Content:: 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, of unknown authorship, dedicated to the Seljuk Sultan Tughril (reg. 1175-93). Ms is defective and now contains 122 miniatures in a primitve Sultanate style.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1450-1500
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1168/1(88)
Title:: Bourbon [Reunion]. Observatory. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View from the street, looking towards the gateway and buildings beyond, of the observatory at Saint Denis.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1224/2(59)
Title:: Jeypore [Jaipur]. Old Observatory. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed and numbered in the negative but cropped in the print. Visited by the compiler of this album between 14th and 18th March, 1878. General view of the Jantar Mantar or Observatory, built by Jai Singh II between 1718 and 1734.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1872
Extent:: 1 item

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