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Or 5479
- Record Id:
- 032-002913187
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002913187
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025071353.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100030426878.0x000002
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 5479
- Title:
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Four treatises on astrolabes and a bibliography of the works of Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا الرازي)
- Scope & Content:
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Collection of four early treatises on astrolabes and associated astronomical instruments, bound together with a bibliography of the works of Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا الرازي).
A table of contents appears on f. 1v.
The scribe (of at least Item 5 [see colophon, f. 113r, to the left of lines 17-18]) is ‘Alī ibn Yūsuf ibn Marwān (علي بن يوسف بن مروان)
A reader's note at the end of the first text (f. 36v, lines 6-7) is dated 683/1284-5 in the province of Dīyār Muḍar (ديار مضر) of the Jazīrah (in modern Syria, Turkey and Iraq).
A waqfīyah seal and associated ownership inscription (f. 2r) makes it clear that the manuscript was endowed to the madrasah of the Mosque of Abū Ḥanīfah (here called مدرسة الإمام الأعظم) in the al-A‘ẓamīyah (الأعظمية) region of North Baghdad by Mi‘mārzādah Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī al-Qādirī (معمار زاده حسين الأنصاري القادري) in the year 1290/1873-74.
Contents:
- (1) Abū al-Ṣalt (أبو الصلت), Risālah fī al-‘amal bi-al-aṣṭurlāb (رسالة في العمل بالأصطرلاب; ff. 2r-36v);
- (2) al-Farghānī (الفرغاني), al-Kāmil fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb (الكامل في صنعة الأسطرلاب; ff. 37v-85r);
- (3) Kitāb ‘aṣāh al-Ṭūsī wa-hūwa al-asṭurlāb al-khaṭṭī (كتاب عصاة الطوسي وهو الأسطرلاب الخطّي; ff. 86r-104v);
- (4) ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsá al-Asṭurlābī (علي بن عيسى الأسطرلابي), al-‘Amal bi-al-ṣafīḥah al-jāmi‘ah al-ma‘rūfah bi-al-āfāqīyah (العمل بالصفيحة الجامعة المعروفة بالآفاقية; ff. 105r-107v);
- (5) Fihrist kutub Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī al-mutaṭabbib wa-aghrāḍiha (فهرست كتب محمد بن زكريا الرازي المتطبب وأغراضها; ff. 108v-113r).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002913187", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 5479: Four treatises on astrolabes and a bibliography of the works of Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (أبو بكر محمد بن…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002913189", "parent" : "032-002913187", "text" : "Or 5479, ff 2r-36v: Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-aṣṭurlāb رسالة في العمل بالأصطرلابAbū al-Ṣalt, Umayyah ibn ‘Abd…" },{ "id" : "040-002913190", "parent" : "032-002913187", "text" : "Or 5479, ff 37v-85r: al-Kāmil fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb al-shimālī wa-al-junūbī wa-‘ilalihumā bi-l-handasah wa-al-ḥisab الكامل…" },{ "id" : "040-002913191", "parent" : "032-002913187", "text" : "Or 5479, ff 86r-104v: Kitāb ‘aṣāh al-Ṭūsī wa-hūwa al-asṭurlāb al-khaṭṭī كتاب عصاة الطوسي وهو الأسطرلاب…" },{ "id" : "040-002918161", "parent" : "032-002913187", "text" : "Or 5479, ff 105r-107v: al-‘Amal bi-al-ṣafīḥah al-jāmi‘ah al-ma‘rūfah bi-al-āfāqīyah العمل بالصفيحة الجامعة…" },{ "id" : "040-002913192", "parent" : "032-002913187", "text" : "Or 5479, ff 108v-113r: Fihrist kutub Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī al-mutaṭabbib wa-aghrāḍiha فهرست كتب محمد بن زكريا…" }]
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- 032-002913187
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- Or 5479, ff 2r-36v : Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-aṣṭurlāb رسالة في العمل بالأصطرلابAbū al-Ṣalt, Umayyah ibn…
Or 5479, ff 37v-85r : al-Kāmil fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb al-shimālī wa-al-junūbī wa-‘ilalihumā bi-l-handasah wa-al-ḥisab…
Or 5479, ff 86r-104v : Kitāb ‘aṣāh al-Ṭūsī wa-hūwa al-asṭurlāb al-khaṭṭī كتاب عصاة الطوسي وهو…
Or 5479, ff 105r-107v : al-‘Amal bi-al-ṣafīḥah al-jāmi‘ah al-ma‘rūfah bi-al-āfāqīyah العمل بالصفيحة…
Or 5479, ff 108v-113r : Fihrist kutub Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī al-mutaṭabbib wa-aghrāḍiha فهرست كتب محمد بن…
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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Codex; ff. ii+113+ii
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- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025071353.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1200
- End Date:
- 1299
- Date Range:
- 13th century
- Era:
- CE
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Material: Eastern laid paper
Dimensions: 235 x 165 mm leaf [180 x 125 mm written (ff. 2-85 and 108-113); 175 x 110 mm written (ff. 86-103)]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; the second and third texts (ff. 38-104) are also foliated in Eastern Arabic numerals in red and black ink; there are unfoliated leaves between ff. 36 and 37, and 107 and 108
Ruling: Misṭarah; 19 to 21 lines per page (ff. 2-85 and 108-113) and 14 to 18 lines per page (ff. 86-103); vertical spacing 10 to 13 lines per 10 cm (ff. 2-85 and 108-113) and 9 to 11 lines per 10 cm (ff. 86-103)
Script: Naskh; the scribe (of at least Item 5 [see colophon, f. 113r, to the left of lines 17-18]) is ‘Alī ibn Yūsuf ibn Marwān (علي بن يوسف بن مروان)
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and tables and diagrams in red
Binding: British Museum binding in red leather with gold tooling
Condition: Some water damage and burn (?) marks on ff. 60-61; ff. 37-38 replaced with later paper; some edges torn and replaced
Marginalia: Infrequent, mostly maghribī and mostly in first text
Seals: F. 2r
- Custodial History:
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- Inscriptions in what appears to be Greek script: illegible (ff. 1v and 113v; and on paper used to repair outer margins of ff. 44 and 45);
- Erased inscription and seal: illegible (f. 2r);
- Maḥmūd al-?? (محمود الـ؟؟): his inscription dated [1]257/1744-45, with seal, dated 1151?/1738-39 (f. 2r);
- Mi‘mārzādah Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī al-Qādirī (معمار زاده حسين الأنصاري القادري): his inscription, dated [12]75/1858-59 (f. 2r);
- Mi‘mārzādah Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī al-Qādirī (معمار زاده حسين الأنصاري القادري): his waqfīyah (endowment) seal, dated 1290/1873-74, bequeathing his books first to his descendants and then to the Mosque of Abū Ḥanīfah (here called مدرسة الإمام الأعظم) in the al-A‘ẓamīyah (الأعظمية) region of North Baghdad with legend: قد وقفت هذه الكتب / على أولادي محمـ[ـد...]كف وأحمد نوري / وعلى أولاد أولادهم أيضا بعد نظر / الأرشد من الذرية متولي على الكتب المذكور[ة] / فإذا انقرضوا والعباد بالله ترجع / الكتب إلى مدرسة الإمام الأعظم رحمه الله / الواقف حسين الأنصاري الا لعنة الله / على من يغير هذه الوقفية / 1290 (f. 2r);
- Muḥammad ibn ??? (محمد بن ؟؟؟): his inscription, dated 683/1284-5 in the province of Dīyār Muḍar (ديار مضر) (f. 36r, lines 6-7).
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from J.J. Naaman, 10 (?) April 1899
- Finding Aids:
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Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards, A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 39
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)