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Add MS 27261, ff 372v-542v

Record Id:
040-002559785
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002559773
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Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 27261, ff 372v-542v
Title:

Rawz̤at al-Munajjimīn

روضة المنجمين

Scope & Content:

An extensive treatise on astrology, in fifteen Maqālahs

Decorations:

  • Marginal: Folios 406r - 409v: Marginal drawings of flowers and birds.
  • Diagram: Folio 410r: Diagrams of eclipses of the sun and moon (borders).
  • Marginal: Folio 533v: Marginal drawing of a horseman, angel and a man killing a dragon.
  • Miniature: Folio 534r: Constellation of Eridanus.
  • Miniature: Folio 534v: Canis Major and Canis Minor. Birds and animals in borders.
  • Miniature: Folio 535r: Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Birds, prince and angel in border.
  • Miniature: Folio 536r: Andromeda represented by a man standing on a fish; Triangulum (a triangle) and Draco (dragon). Heads in margin.
  • Miniature: Folio 536v: Cepheus. Marginal drawings of animals.
  • Miniature: Folio 537r: Serpens, Aquila and Sagitta. Border drawings of a man paying homage to a princess; animals and a shādah-vār.
  • Miniature: Folio 537v: Equus Major, Equuleus and Pegasus. Marginal drawings of a prince hunting and animals.
  • Miniature: Folio 538r: Aries and Taurus.
  • Miniature: Folio 538v: Gemini. Marginal drawings of Khusraw Parvīz watching Shīrīn bathing, and rams fighting.
  • Miniature: Folio 539r: Cancer and Leo. Marginal drawings of Majnūn in the desert with the animals, a saluki chasing a hare and a tiger chewing the marginal decoration.
  • Miniature: Folio 539v: Virgo and Libra.
  • Miniature: Folio 540r: Scorpio and Sagittarius.
  • Miniature: Folio 540v: Capricorn, Aquarius, Constellation of Piscis Australis.
  • Miniature: Folio 541r: Argo Navis and Hydra.
  • Miniature: Folio 541v: Crater, Corvus, Centaurus. Marginal drawings of animals, birds and a man attacked by a lion.
  • Miniature: Folio 542r: Leo, Ara, Corona Australis.
  • Miniature: Folio 542v: Marginal drawings of dragon and animals. Piscis Australis.
  • Miniature: Folio 543r: Central medallions with dragons, birds and animals.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002559773
040-002559785
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Add MS 27261 : Khamsah-'i Niẓāmī by Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3خمسۀ نظامىand 22 other texts

 

Add MS 27261, ff 372v-542v : Rawz̤at al-Munajjimīn روضة المنجمين
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Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1410
End Date:
1411
Date Range:
From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814
Calendar:
Hijri qamari
Era:
AH
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Administrative Context:

Origin: From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814 Hijri qamari (1410-1411)

Finding Aids:

For a more detailed catalogue entry see:

Rieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: British Museum, 1879: p.870

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Khusraw Parvīz
Subjects:
Astrology--Early works to 1800