Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa 676
ff. 1v–66r completed on Monday, 6 Jumādā l-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 scribe.
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 rectos; occasional foliation with Hindu-Arabic numerals just above the centre top of the outer frame on rectos; 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: 285×148 mm, written area: 172×82 mm; 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 الأحكام. قال ط قد قدّمنا لك يا سورس كتبًا فيما يؤثّر الكواكب في عالم التركيب — \100r\ 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)
, version with 102 verba. — |
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