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Manuscript/Mixed Material Ṣanāyiʻ-i asṭurlāb صنايع اسطرلاب

About this Item

Title

  • Ṣanāyiʻ-i asṭurlāb

Other Title

  • صنايع اسطرلاب

Names

  • Qāʼinī, Qāsim ʻAlī, active 17th century, author

Created / Published

  • Yawm al-sādis min shahr al-Rabīʻ al-Thānī fi sanat 1266 [February 20, 1849]

Contents

  • Folio 1b-26a. Ṣanāyiʻ-i asṭurlāb -- Folio 27b-43a. Mukhtaṣar dar maʻrifat-i taqvīm.

Headings

  • -  Astronomy, Arab
  • -  Astrolabes--Early works to 1800
  • -  Astrolabes--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  Astrology, Iranian
  • -  Calendar, Iranian
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iran

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Title from fol. 1b.
  • -  Pagination: 1st work: fol. 1b-26a (14 lines); 2nd work: fol. 27b-43a. (15 lines)
  • -  First work written by ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Shīrāzī; scribe of second work not identified.
  • -  Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009.
  • -  First work written in al-Ṭihrān [Tehran], Iran; second work written in Iran, city not identified.
  • -  Paper: yellowish, polished cream color commercial paper with no visible watermarks; black ink, with rubrication and some overlining in red; some pages folded over; catchwords.
  • -  First work: Cursive Naskh; 14 lines in written area 16 x 9 cm.; second work: Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 16.5 x 9.5 cm.
  • -  First work: Cursive Naskh; second work: Nastaʻliq.
  • -  Astronomical drawings throughout in red and black.
  • -  Folio 1b-26a; Folio 27b-43a.
  • -  Library of Congress. Manuscript, M305.
  • -  Binding: blue grain over cardboard sides, dark blue cloth spine.

Medium

  • 43 leaves, paper : bound ; 22.5 x 15.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QB23 .Q25 1849

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017498292

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

QāʼInī, Qāsim ʻAlī, Active 17Th Century, Author. Ṣanāyiʻ-I Asṭurlāb. [Yawm al-sādis min shahr al-Rabīʻ al-Thānī fi sanat 1266, 1849] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498292/.

APA citation style:

QāʼInī, Q. ʻ. (1849) Ṣanāyiʻ-I Asṭurlāb. [Yawm al-sādis min shahr al-Rabīʻ al-Thānī fi sanat 1266] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498292/.

MLA citation style:

QāʼInī, Qāsim ʻAlī, Active 17Th Century, Author. Ṣanāyiʻ-I Asṭurlāb. [Yawm al-sādis min shahr al-Rabīʻ al-Thānī fi sanat 1266, 1849] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498292/>.