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Title

University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 414 - Astrological compendium (Video Orientation)

Authors

Dot PorterFollow

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Date of this Version

Summer 2015

Comments

Video orientation to LJS 414 - Astrological compendium, 1670.

Summary: Written in Persian, this manuscript is a collection of astronomical works, including 2 on the astrolabe (f. 1v-20v, 163r-168v), a treatise on a horoscope referring to Khawaja Haji Ghulām Ḥusayn and the date A.H. 1047 (1636, a date of birth?), and an illustrated work on Dhu al-Qarnayn, a Koranic figure later associated with legends of Alexander the Great.

See More at Penn in Hand

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5145509

Link to eBook

http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_ebooks/88/

Link to OPENN

http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/LJSchoenbergManuscripts/html/ljs414.html

Disciplines

Medieval Studies | Other Arts and Humanities

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Recommended Citation

Porter, D. (2015, July 01). University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 414 - Astrological compendium (Video Orientation). [Video file.] Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_video/65