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Or 7308
- Record Id:
- 032-003678384
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003678384
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105215209.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 7308
- Title:
- Vafiyetü'l-evkat - وافية الاوقات
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains a treatise consisting of a preface and 21 ebvab on the sinuated quadrant and its use, compiled by Mustafa İbn-i Ali, the timekeeper (muvakkit) of Yavuz Selim Camii.
This copy is undated, but there are notes left by previous owners, the earliest of which is dated 1147 AH (1734-35 CE). On the basis of the title on the flyleaf, Risale-yi ceyp li-Selimi, this copy has been lettered 'Risalah i Habib'.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003678384", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 7308: Vafiyetü'l-evkat - وافية الاوقات" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003678384
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003678384
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 30 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1740
- Date Range:
- Early 18th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 30 ff
Dimensions : 181 mm x 114 mm
Script : Nesih
Binding : Marbled paper binding with half calf
- Source of Acquisition:
- Bequeathed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Geometry--Early works to 1800
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
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For more information on the author of the tract, see OM III, p. 121.
Other works by the same author and allied subjects are described in Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 121.