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Or 12094
- Record Id:
- 032-003931044
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003931044
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100123013337.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12094
- Title:
- Risale-yi Mukantarat - رسالۀ مقنطرت
- Additional Titles:
-
Kifayet el-vakıt li-marifet el-dair ve fazl el-dair ve'l-semt
كفاية الوقت لمعرفة الدائر و فضل الدائر والسمت
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains a treatise on the mukantarat or circles attached to the quadrant and their use, in a mukaddime and 12 ebvap written by Mustafa İbn-i Ali el-Muvakkıt (died around 960 AH/1552-53 CE).
There is a table giving the longitude and latitude of various locations (ff 117r-118v).
The text contains various corrections and orthographic idiosyncrasies. There are various alchemical or astrological symbols on f 119r, and copious marginal notes throughout the text.
This manuscript was likely copied during the 18th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003931044
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003931044
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 119 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 119 ff; Ottoman foliation beginning on f 3r, remaining two behind European foliation until f 72, when both align
Dimensions : 162 mm x 115 mm
Ruling : Red text-frames
Script : Nesih
Ink : Main text in black ink with text frames and headers in dark red ink
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 8 October 1955.
- Information About Copies:
- Other copies are recorded in Flügel II, p. 497; Krafft, No. 350; and Bodleian No. (171) 2209.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Geography, Arab
Geometry--Early works to 1800 - Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
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Other copies of this text can be found at Or 13413 text 8, and Add MS 7892 text II.
Other texts by Mustafa İbn Ali el-Muvakkıt can be found at Or 7308, Or 9829, Or 12736, Or 16233, and Add MS 7896.
For more information on the author and the text, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts at the British Museum, p. 121; and OM III, p. 300.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 7892
Or 13413
Or 16125