Exhibition: "Our Tools of Learning" : George Arthur Plimpton's Gifts to Columbia University
Item appears in the following exhibition page"Our Tools of Learning" : George Arthur Plimpton's Gifts to Columbia University: Mathematics: Page 3 Item Information Dublin CoreTitleRisālah fī al-ʻamal bi'l-asṭurlāb
Treatise concerning the use of the astrolabe
SubjectAstrolabes
CreatorJazarī, Ḥaydar ibn 'Abd al-Raḥmān
Bukhārī, 'Abd Allāh
Date22 February 1726 (19 Jumādā II, 1138)
ContributorʻAbd Allāh al-Bukhārī (scribe)
Languageara
Additional Item MetadataSpatial CoverageArab provinces of the Ottoman Empire
ProvenanceGift of George Arthur Plimpton
Citationunpublished
MODSKey Date1726-02-22
Type of Dateex
Place of OriginIraq?
Form/Genremanuscripts
Physical Descriptionthe treatise is written on laid paper with visible regular chainlines, but the flyleaves are machine-made wove paper
rubrication diagrams binding is not contemporary with the textblock Repository Namennc-rb
Shelf LocationOriental Manuscripts 284
Notesin this copy the treatise in 10 chapters is followed by a concise commentary
a title is not included into the copy's colophon the scribe names himself in the dated colophon references: Brockelmann S II, p. 1020 s.v. #33 D. A. King, Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, Ind., 1986), p. 162 s.v. G77 original filename: plmptn_080_001
Language of Catalogingeng
Digital Originrd
CollectionPlimpton
Still Image Item Type MetadataOriginal Formatbook
Physical Dimensions21 x 16 cm
CitationJazarī, Ḥaydar ibn 'Abd al-Raḥmān and Bukhārī, 'Abd Allāh, “Risālah fī al-ʻamal bi'l-asṭurlāb,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed April 26, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/item/33. |