Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Or 7716
- Record Id:
- 032-002919717
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002919717
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025475046.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025739867.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 7716
- Title:
-
Three treatises on astrology, astronomy and time-keeping
- Scope & Content:
-
An Ottoman collection of texts on astronomy and related subjects.
Contents:
(1) Abū Ma‘shar (أبو معشر), Kitāb al-milal wa-al-duwwal (كتاب الملل والدوّل; ff. 1r-117r);
(2) Muḥammad al-Ṣūfī (محمد الصوفي), al-I‘lām bi-shadd al-minkām (الإعلام بشدّ المنكام; ff. 118v-127r);
(3) Najm al-Dīn Muḥammad Ma‘rūf (نجم الدين محمد معروف), Mir’āt al-ayyām wa-al-daraj (مرآة الأيام والدرج; ff. 128r-144v).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002919717", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 7716: Three treatises on astrology, astronomy and time-keeping" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002919746", "parent" : "032-002919717", "text" : "Or 7716, ff 1r-117r: Kitāb al-milal wa-al-duwwal كتاب الملل والدوّلAbū Ma‘shar أبو معشر" },{ "id" : "040-002919749", "parent" : "032-002919717", "text" : "Or 7716, ff 118v-127r: al-I‘lām bi-shadd al-minkām الإعلام بشدّ المنكامMuḥammad al-Ṣūfī محمد الصوفي" },{ "id" : "040-002919763", "parent" : "032-002919717", "text" : "Or 7716, ff 128r-144v: Mir’āt al-ayyām wa-al-daraj مرآة الأيام والدرجNajm al-Dīn Muḥammad Ma‘rūf نجم الدين محمد…" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002919717
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Or 7716, ff 1r-117r : Kitāb al-milal wa-al-duwwal كتاب الملل والدوّلAbū Ma‘shar أبو معشر
Or 7716, ff 118v-127r : al-I‘lām bi-shadd al-minkām الإعلام بشدّ المنكامMuḥammad al-Ṣūfī محمد الصوفي
Or 7716, ff 128r-144v : Mir’āt al-ayyām wa-al-daraj مرآة الأيام والدرجNajm al-Dīn Muḥammad Ma‘rūf نجم الدين…
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Or 7716 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002919717
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Or 7716
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Codex; ff. i+145+i
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025475046.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Physical characteristics:
Material: Western laid paper, with water mark often partially visible in gutter near tail
Dimensions: 170 x 110 mm leaf [120 x 75 mm written]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil
Ruling: Misṭarah; 21 lines per page; vertical spacing 18 lines per 10 cm
Script: Naskh
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and tables and diagrams in red
Binding: British Museum binding
Condition: Minor waterstains
Marginalia: Very few; marks that appear to be pen trials are found at the head of many pages and elsewhere
Seals: F. 1r
- Custodial History:
-
- Jirjis ibn Būshnāq (جرجس ابن بوشناق): his inscription and seal, dated 1105/1693-94 (f. 1r);
- Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Ḥāmiḍī (أحمد ابن أحمد بن أبي بكر الحامضي): his inscription, deleted, dated 28 Rabī‘ al-Awwal 1128/22 March 1716 (f. 1r).
- Source of Acquisition:
-
Purchased from Murad Baroody (Murād al-Bārūdī), 13 April 1912
- Finding Aids:
-
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. 38
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)