[Four treatises on astrolabes and astronomy].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Aga Khan, Sadruddin, Prince, 1933-2003, former owner.

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

قسطا بن لوقا، approximately 820-approximately 912.

علي الرياضي المنجم، active 1543.

Language:

Arabic

Subjects (All):

Astronomical instruments.

Astrolabes--Early works to 1800.

Astrolabes.

Astronomical instruments--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy, Arab.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Arabic.

Manuscripts, 16th century.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

codices (bound manuscripts)

diagrams

treatises

Early works.

Penn Provenance:

Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 1 June 1987, lot 138.

Formerly owned by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; sold at auction as part of his collection at Piasa (Paris), 7 June 1999, lot N.3.

Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Mar. 2001.

Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.

Physical Description:

18 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 226 x 149 (172 x 90) mm bound to 228 x 154 mm

Production:

Cairo, A.H. 950 (1543)

Other Title:

Risālah fī al-ʻamal bi-al-kurah wa-sāʼirih.

رسالة في العمل بالكرة وسائره.

رسالة كيفية الارصاد.

عمل بالاسطرلاب الكري وعجائبه.

Language Note:

Arabic.

Summary:

Four treatises on astrolabes and astronomy, the first and fourth treatise are incomplete; the first treatise skips from chapter 22 to chapter 30 (f. 5-6) and the fourth treatise is missing some amount of the beginning, the first complete section is "taṣtīḥ dāʼirat al-ufuq" (f. 14r).

Contents:

1. f.1v-10v: Risālah fī al-ʻamal bi-al-kurah [incomplete] / Qusṭā ibn Lūqā

2. f.11r-12r: Risālat kaifīyat al-arṣād wa-ʻamāl dhāt al-ḥalaq

3. f.12v-13v: al-ʻAmal bi-al-asṭurlāb al-kurī wa-ʻajāʼibih

4. 14r-18v: Fī rasm al-asṭurlāb [incomplete] / ʻAlī al-Riyāḍī al-Munajjim

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Collective title supplied by cataloger; titles of individual works from caption titles.

Collation: Paper, 18; 1¹⁸; no foliation marked on leaves.

Layout: Written in 27 long lines; no catchwords.

Script: Written in naskh influenced by nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed, with titles in a larger naskh in red and green ink; pointed.

Decoration: 9 astronomical diagrams (f. 14v, 15r, 16r-18v) in red and black ink; titles in green ink; significant words or phrases in red or green ink.

Binding: Marbled paper in bright yellow, blue, pink, and green with title and date in black ink on front cover; bound as a pamphlet.

Origin: Written in Cairo in A.H. Ṣafar 950 (May-June 1543) by ʻAlī al-Riyāḍī al-Munajjim (f. 1r, 10v, 18v, upper cover).

Local Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Cited in:

Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 54 (LJS 412).

Cited as:

LJS 412.

Contains:

Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, approximately 820-approximately 912. Risālah fī al-ʻamal bi-al-kurah. Selections.

ʻAlī al-Riyāḍī al-Munajjim, active 1543. Fī rasm al-asṭurlāb. Selections.

Risālat kaifīyat al-arṣād.

ʻAmal bi-al-asṭurlāb al-kurī wa-ʻajāʼibih.

قسطا بن لوقا، approximately 820-approximately 912. رسالة في العمل بالكرة. Selections.

علي الرياضي المنجم، active 1543. في رسم الاسطرلاب. Selections.

رسالة كيفية الارصاد.

عمل بالاسطرلاب الكري وعجائبه.

OCLC:

792897354

Online:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page