Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa 676
ff. 1v–66r completed on Monday, 6 Jumādā al-ūlā 1067/19 February 1657 (65v); ff. 101v–111r (most likely copied by the same hand) with a mention ‘in the year 0167’ (i.e., 1067?) in the colophon.
Or.:unknown; unknown copyist.
Prov.:an ownership statement (112v). A square seal (1r, 112r). A round waqf seal by the Grand Vizier Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa, in office 1732–1735, 1742–1743, and 1755 (1r, 110v).
Cod.: white paper turned yellowish, 122 ff. (foliated with Arabic-European numerals just above the upper left corner of the inner frame on recto folios; occasional foliation with Hindu-Arabic numerals just above the top centre of the outer frame on recto folios; catchwords). Three (or four) main hands. First hand (1v–66r and most likely 101v–111r): neat naskh with nastaʿlīq influence; fully dotted ductus with rare diacritics; red ink used on ff. 1v–66v for textual dividers and highlighting of words; reserved spaces for words in red on ff. 101v–111r (filled on two occasions only); unfinished diagrams in red. Second hand (69v–87r): neat naskh with nastaʿlīq influence; fully dotted ductus with occasional diacritics; red ink used for numbers, textual dividers and chapter numbers; neat diagrams with red lines and lettering in black. Third hand (copying the Ptolemaic work, 88v–100r): neat naskh with nastaʿlīq influence; fully dotted ductus with almost all diacritics on ff. 88v–96v and 97v, and a considerable amount elsewhere; red for formulaic expressions, e.g., qāla Baṭlamyūs and qāla Ṭ. Abjad numerals, less frequently Hindu-Arabic numerals. Inner frame for the main text in silver, blue and red throughout; outer frame in red. Codex in good condition; some moisture stains and smudges of ink not affecting the readability. Dimensions: not provided; 14 lines per page. Brown leather cover over pasteboards; decorated central golden medallion and two smaller ones above and below; a third one on the flap. Type II binding.
Cont.: riddles, astronomy, and astrology. —
Bibl.: Defter-i Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa Kütüphanesi, Dersaadet (Istanbul): Alem Matbaası, 1893, p. 41.
88v–100r
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\88v\ ⟨…⟩ مطالع كتاب الثمرة لبطلميوس الحكيم تمام الكتب الأربعة التي ألّفها في الأحكم قال ط قد قدّمنا لك يا سورس كتبًا فيما يؤثّر الكواكب في عالم التركيب كثيرة المنفعة في تقديمة (كذا) المعرفة وهذا الكتاب ثمرة ما اشتملت عليه تلك الكتب وما خلص عن التجربة منها وليس يصل إلى معرفته من لم يمعن النظر فيما قدّمنا قبله في علوم أخر من علوم الرياضيّة فكن به سعيدًا — \100r\ وإذا وجد ذو الذوابة يسير وسيره أبدًا يكون من المغرب إلى المشرق فإنّ الخارجيّ يأتي من بعيد إلى الأقليم (كذا) فإن لم يكن مسائرًا فإنّ الخارجيّ من حضرة الأقليم (كذا) تمّ الكتاب الثمرة المسمّى بالروميّة انطرومطا معناه الكلمات المائة. = Pseudo-Ptolemy, Kitāb al-Thamara (B.1.1)
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