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RSPA 15

Record Id:
032-004380742
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004380742
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
RSPA 15
Title:
1 copy of Lawāʾiḥ al-Qamar by Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Bayhaqī al-Kāshifī
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
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032-004380742
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff.ii+109+iv
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1773
End Date:
1773
Date Range:
1773
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
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Names:
Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, d 1505?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083626201,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90770167
Kāšifī, Ḥusain Wāʿiẓ, Iranian writer, 1461-1504,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083626201,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90770167
Subjects:
Science--Islamic countries--History
TEI:

India Office Library

Jones Collection

Royal Society Arabic and Persian

RSPA 15

Contents

1 copy of Lawāʾiḥ al-Qamar by Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Bayhaqī al-Kāshifī

Language(s): Persian

ff. 1v-109r
Title: Lawāʾiḥ al-Qamar
Title: لوائح القمر
Author: Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Bayhaqī al-Kāshifī حسين بن علي البيهقی الكاشفي
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی بید حکمت ازمة الاختیارات وبقیضة ثدرته اعنة الاقتدار
Explicit: والله جامع الشمل ومتمم النور وإلیه یقیم الامور
Colophon: ذو الحجة المکرم سنه ۱۱۸۶ هحری بتاریخ نهم روز چهارشنبه بعون الله الملک الوهاب کتاب لوائح القمر باتمام رسید بفضله وبکرمه وبعونه

The manuscript is in two parts and is an amalgamation of the same text by two different hands. The first hand ends at f100v and the second begins on f101r. The date on the record and the manuscript only refers to this second half. The first half is likely seventeenth century.

The introduction to the work consists of ff1v-82r. Thereafter, there is a conclusion (ff82v) and the remainder of the manuscript is 20 chapters about astrology (ff82v-109r). The conclusion has been indicated with the (transliterated) marginal note "khātimah".

The final section of the manuscript consists principally of annotated tables (ff101-8). There are also tables on ff83-7 and a large illustratin on f93r.

There is an illustration on f93r

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Strong brown woven paper
Extent: ff.ii+109+iv
Dimensions (leaf): 190 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 85 mm.
Foliation:

European numerals in pencil. Perso-Arab numerals in blue crayon.

Condition

Mixed condition. Some stains and discoloration. Some restoration work has happened.

Layout

Columns:1

Variable layout.

Hand(s)

The first hand is a very neat black nastaʿlīq and the second is a much smaller and more cramped black and red nastaʿlīq.

Decoration

Additions:

There are very few additional notes or marginal comments on the manuscript, except for on f1r (descriptive comment on the contents of the manuscript) and f2r (marginal comment).

Binding

Standard India Office half-leather binding with wine-coloured marbled endpapers.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1773-03-03 India

Provenance and Acquisition

RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. According to Wilkins, this manuscript was presented by Lady Jones.

The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.

1876

India Office Library

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p. 13-4 no. XV

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