COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader ArabicMS_738
Reference Number:
Arabic MS 738
Parent Work Title:
Fruit Concerning the Laws of the Stars
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Astronomical Sentences of Ptolemy
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Book of the Fruit
Creator:
Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
c1760
Description:
Persian version of Ṭūsī’s commentary on the Arabic Kitab al-Tamara ("Book of the Fruit"). The hundred sayings are in Arabic, and are translated into Persian. No regular heading or exordium, and no colophon Written in Indian Ta'liq about 1760 CE. Red ink only for the Persian enumeration of the sayings
Language Code:
per
Language:
Persian
Language Code:
ara
Language:
Arabic
Subject:
Astronomy
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
188 mm
Item Width:
120 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2018-04-13
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-05
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands