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As the introduction (fol. 1b) notes, this text summarizes and simplifies Kashf al-ḥaqāʼiq fī ḥisāb al-daraj wa-al-daqāʼiq by Aḥmad ibn Rajab Ibn al-Majdī, 1366-1447, which calculates the movement of celestial bodies.
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Arab Astronomy, Arabic Manuscripts, Early works to 1800Places
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Title from introduction (fol. 1b).
Transcribed by Muḥammad ibn Wafāʼ on 14 [Dhū] al-Ḥijjah 1240 H [30 July 1825].
Paper: yellowed cream, with watermarks, in good condition, though upper part of leaves stained with black ink. Black and red ink in text; catchwords on rectos.
Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-760.
Naskhi script; 23 lines in written area, 16 x 10 cm.
Charts fol. 8b.
Fol. 1a-22b.
Binding: Modern cardboard covered with cloth; leather spine.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Arabic.
Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
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