COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader ArabicMS_299
Reference Number:
Arabic MS 299
Parent Work Title:
Sharḥ Taḥrīr al-Majisṭī
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Comment on the Majisṭī
Creator:
Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, active 16th century
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
c1750
Description:
Birjandī's commentary on Ṭūsi's Taḥrīr al‐Majisṭī (Recension of the Almagest). The writing is an Indian Nastaʿlīq of about 1750 CE. Inperfectly rubricated. Contains mathematical diagrams. Inserted at the beginning of the manuscript , an index of chapters on four leaves, written about 1830.
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:
260 mm
Item Width:
170 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):
2018-04-26
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