Sharḥ-i Zīj-i Ulugh Bēg.
شرح زيج الغ بيگ.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, active 16th century.

Contributor:

Muẓaffar, Mullah, associated name.

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

Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

مظفر, ملا, associated name.

Standardized Title:

Sharḥ-i Zīj-i jadīd-i Sulṭānī.

شرح زيج جديد سلطانى.

Language:

Persian

Subjects (All):

Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449. Zīj-i jadīd-i Sultānī.

Ulugh Beg.

Astronomy--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Persian.

Manuscripts, 15th century.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

codices (bound manuscripts)

commentaries

diagrams

tables (documents)

Penn Provenance:

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

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, 2016.

Physical Description:

242 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 244 x 174 (190 x 130) mm bound to 247 x 186 mm + 2 notes

Production:

A.H. 929 (1523)

Language Note:

Persian.

Summary:

Commentary on the Zīj-i jadīd-i Sulṭānī, which comprised tables of calendar calculations, trigonometry, planets, and stars compiled from observations made at the observatory in Samarqand, completed in 1447. Includes some tables, marginal commentary attributed to Mullah Muẓaffar (f. 239v), 7 generally contemporary diagrams tipped in, and 1 diagram and 1 small note laid in.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title from added title (f. 1r)

Foliation: Paper, ii + 242; [1-11, i, 12-63, i, 64-85, i, 86-87, i, 88-130, i, 131-220, i, 221-230, i, 231-242], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso.

Layout: Written in 19 long lines.

Script: Written in neat nastaʻlīq script in black ink, by the author, with marginal commentary in the hand of Mullah Muẓaffar (f. 239v).

Decoration: Numerous diagrams and some tables in red and black ink; 2 marginal diagrams in green ink (f. 209r); overlining in red throughout.

Binding: Later black leather over pasteboard (Type III); some notes and diagrams in margins show signs of trimming.

Origin: Copy completed in Rajab 929 A.H. (June 1523) by the author (Anā al-ʻabd ʻAbd al-ʻAlī) with date conversions given to three other calendars (f. 240r).

Reading note (f. 240r); other notes (f. 240v, [242]v).

Cited in:

Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 77 (LJS 411).

Cited as:

Sharḥ-i Zīj-i Ulugh Bēg (LJS 411). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

122621545

Online:

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