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Title

Facsimile of LJS 400, Sharḥ-i Zīj Gūrgānī

Authors

Dot Porter, University of Pennsylvania LibrariesFollow

Date of this Version

8-15-2015

Files

Comments

Commentary on the Zīj Gūrgānī, also known as the Zīj-i jadīd-i Sultānī, which comprised tables of calendar calculations, trigonometry, planets, and stars compiled from observations made at the observatory in Samarqand, completed in 1447. The tables themselves are not included.

Keywords

Astronomy--Early works to 1800 Codices, Commentaries, Diagrams, Manuscripts Persian--15th century, Manuscripts Renaissance

See More at Penn in Hand

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5081245

Link to Video

http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_video/57/

Link to OPENN

http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs400.html

Recommended Citation

Porter, Dot, "Facsimile of LJS 400, Sharḥ-i Zīj Gūrgānī" (2015). Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS): EBooks. 99.
https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_ebooks/99