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Delhi Arabic 1925
- Record Id:
- 032-003346583
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003346583
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035862936.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040346943.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Arabic 1925
- Title:
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Two treatises on the sizes and distances of the celestial bodies
- Scope & Content:
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Composite manuscript; folios 1-14 and 15-25 were originally two separate manuscripts, and were written on different papers by different copyists.
Front flyleaf i was a pastedown, and was detached from the inside right board (front-i) during conservation work to reveal the inscriptions of H. Waterman and Sergeant Hutchins of the 13th Light Company as well as a rebus written vertically along the edge of the board that reads 'I see you, but you cannot see me'.
Contents:
- (1) al-Kāshī (الكاشي), Sullam al-samāʾ (سلم السماء; ff. 1r-14r);
- (2) al-Dashtakī (الدشتكي), Safīr al-ghabrāʾ wa-al-khaḍrāʾ (سفير الغبراء والخضراء; ff. 15r-25v).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003346583
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Delhi Arabic 1925, ff 1r-14r : Sullam al-samāʾ (al-Risālah al-kamālīyah) سلم السماء (الرسالة الكمالية)Kāshī,…
Delhi Arabic 1925, ff 15r-25v : Safīr al-ghabrāʾ wa-al-khaḍrāʾ سفير الغبراء والخضراءDashtakī Shīrāzī,…
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- 032-003346583
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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Codex; ff. iii+26+i
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100035862936.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1717
- Date Range:
- 17th-18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Physical characteristics:
Material: Eastern laid paper
Dimensions: 175 x 120 mm leaf [130 x 80 mm written]
Foliation: India Office Library foliation stamped in black ink
Ruling: None visible; 20 (ff. 1v-14r)/14 (ff. 15v-25v) lines per page; vertical spacing 15 (ff. 1v-14r)/11 (ff. 15v-25v) lines per 10 cm
Script: Nasta‘līq
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings, tables and diagrams in red
Decoration: Text frames in red ink on ff. 15v-16r
Binding: Undecorated case binding in brown leather
Condition: Minor insect damage (some repaired), minor water damage towards lower edge corner
Marginalia: Some, by more than one hand
Seals: ff. 1r, 14v, 15r and 25v
- Custodial History:
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- H. Waterman, his inscription (inside right board [front-i]);
- Serg[ean]t Hutchins, 13th Light Comp[any], his inscription (inside right board [front-i]);
- The Government of India, its seal with central legend 'Delhi MSS' (ff. 1r, 14v, 15r and 25v).
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)