شرح كتاب مجسطي بطلميوس قلوذى يونانى / عبد العلي برجندي.

Sharḥ Kitāb Majisṭī Baṭlamyūs Qulūdhī Yūnānī / ʻAbd al-ʻAlī Birjandī.

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Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Description
63 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 308 x 214 (225 x 140) mm bound to 316 x 220 mm.

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    Summary note
    Commentary on the Almagest, the classical 2nd-century mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from later note on folio 1a.
    • Occasional marginal note. Astronomical notes on folio 1a. Contains numerous diagrams and a table. Incomplete at end.
    • Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 63 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Layout: 37 lines per page.
    • Description: Rubricated ; text commented on overlined in red ; watermarks (endpaper: coat-of-arms with three stars and a crown over the roman-alphabet letters "GM"; text: roman-alphabet text beginning "B" and "Mle A[?]") ; MS in good condition.
    • Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه ثقى واعتمادى الحمد لله الذى جعلنا من المتفكرين في خلف السموات والارض ... وبعد فيقول المتوسل الى الله تعالى بنبى الثقليم العبد المذنب عبد العلى بن محمد بن الحسين وفقه الله تع
    • Ending: قوله من شهر ثانى اى سنة المذكوره في الرصل الاول
    Binding note
    Later type III (without flap) binding in red leather. Gold- and blind-tooled frame on covers.
    Source acquisition
    Purchase. AM 2017-68.
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    OCLC
    1378757443
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