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الملخص في الهيئة
al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah.
Author
Jaghmīnī, Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad, -1221?.
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جغميني، محمود بن محمد
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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/Created
[ 16--?]
Description
38 leaves : paper, ill. ; 159 x 110 (112 x 61) mm. bound to 159 x 115 mm.
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Special Collections - Manuscripts
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 4438Y
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Astronomy, Arab
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Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Arabic
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New Jersey
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Princeton
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Summary note
Compendium on astronomy, comprising an introduction and two parts (maqālah).
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from beginning of text (fol. 3a).
13 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Contains diagrams in red and black ink. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. European glazed paper with watermark. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Inscription in Arabic on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Riyāḍiyāt 46". Inscription in Arabic on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "Ḥāʼ 1056/6".
According to R. Mach, this copy dates from the 10th or 11th century H.
Incipit: الحمد للّه كفآء افضاله والصلوة ... قال الامام الاجلّ ... محمود بن عمر الجغمينى الخوارزمى ان نقل اعزّة الاحباب ... محمد بن بهرام القلانسي ... اشار ان اجمع فى علم الهيئة كتابا يقرن بين الاختصار والبيان ويجمع ايجاز اللفظ الى بسط المعانى
Explicit: و لعل هذا المقدار الذى اورد كاف لتحصيل ما ارادوا و ... الاشارة اليه فالاولى ان اقتصر عليه وليكن هذا خاتمة الكتاب والله اعلم بالصواب تم
Binding note
Limp binding. Brown leather with colored paper pastedown. Blind tooled mandorla on both covers.
Provenance
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Yahuda, 4874
King, D. Survey of the scientific manuscripts (1986), G17
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 473/5
Brockelmann, C. GAL, SI, 865 (5/1)
Other format(s)
Microfilm negative available for reproduction.
Also available in an electronic version.
Other title(s)
متن جغميني
Title on fol. 1a
Matn Jighmīnī
OCLC
71825087
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