Penn Library's LJS 412 - [Four treatises on astrolabes and astronomy]. (Video Orientation)
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Astronomical instruments
Astrolabes -- Early works to 1800
Astrolabes
Astronomical instruments -- Early works to 1800
Astronomy Arab -- Early works to 1800
Astronomy Arab
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Arabic Studies
Astrophysics and Astronomy
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
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Astrolabes -- Early works to 1800
Astrolabes
Astronomical instruments -- Early works to 1800
Astronomy Arab -- Early works to 1800
Astronomy Arab
Manuscripts Arabic
Manuscripts 16th century
Manuscripts Renaissance
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Diagrams
Treatises
Early works
Arabic Studies
Astrophysics and Astronomy
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Renaissance Studies
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2022-10-10
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Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 412, four treatises on astrolabes and astronomy, the first and fourth treatise are incomplete; the first treatise skips from chapter 22 to chapter 30 (f. 5-6) and the fourth treatise is missing some amount of the beginning, the first complete section is "taṣtīḥ dāʼirat al-ufuq" (f. 14r). Written in Cairo in A.H. Ṣafar 950 (May-June 1543) by ʻAlī al-Riyāḍī al-Munajjim (f. 1r, 10v, 18v, upper cover). Digital copies and a full record are available through Franklin: https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9948270433503681