finished in the middle of Jumādā l-ūlā 1012/October 1603 (269r).

unknown; ff. 182v–269r copied by Muḥammad Bāqir bin Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī al-Kātibānī.

a statement of a book shop at a certain Masjid Shāh (in Isfahan?), together with an illegible seal (1r); a stamp with an astronomical image probably belonging to the shop owner (2r); a statement of sale followed by a statement of purchase in the same hand, both with a religious seal (1r); an erased statement in the upper left corner (1r); a stamp of endowment: “Public Library of the Grand Ayatollah Marʿashī Najafī” (1r, 1v, 194v, 269r). Old shelfmarks: 19715 (erased), 19723 and 8139 (all on 1r).

Cod.:

paper, 268 ff. (foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals with ff. 12–14 numbered 13–15 and f. 15 unnumbered, catchwords in the hand of the scribe). Two clear nastaʿlīq hands in black. The first hand (1v-184v) writes with a thick nibbed pen; chapter headings, paragraph beginnings and lemmata in the scribe’s hand rubricated with light red ink; partially dotted ductus, no shaddas, no vowels, some hamzas; abjad notation not highlighted. The second hand (184v-269r) writes nastaʿlīq in small and neat letters; chapter headings and lemmata rubricated by the same hand; mostly dotted ductus, numerous shaddas and hamzas, occasional indication of vowels; abjad notation with overlines. Numerous figures and tables with red lines and black Eastern abjad notation. Good condition with only few stains, sometimes smudged, slight water damage in the upper and lower margins. Dimensions: 245×180 mm; 25 (1v-184v) and 26 lines per page (184-269r). Features of covers and binding not assessable.

Cont.:

astronomy. — Index: Ptolemaica (1v-269r).

Bibl.:

Maḥmūd Marʿashī and Aḥmad Ḥusaynī, Fihrist-i nuskhahā-yi khaṭṭī-yi Kitābkhāna-yi ʿumūmī-yi Ḥadrat-i Āyatallāh al-ʿUẓmā Najafī Marʿashī, vol. XXI, Qom, 1991 (1370 H.S.), vol. XXI, pp. 132–133.