Muhammad ibn Ayyub al-Hasib al-Tabari, Kitab al-ta'leem fi ma'rifat al-taqweem, copied by Habibullah, Persia, Safavid, dated 5 Ramadan 1086 AH/23 November 1675 AD
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on the science of astronomy and astrology, Persian manuscript on watermarked paper, 26 leaves, plus 2 fly-leaves, 34 lines to the page written in nasta'liq in black ink, keywords and phrases picked out in red, with 14 diagrams and 35 illustrations of the constellations, some later added, in dark brown leather binding
29.1 by 20.4cm.
Although the text of this manuscript is unrecorded, it bears the name Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ayyub-i Haseb-i Tabari, this text on the science of astronomy and astrology is probably based his Ma’rifat al-taqwim (Knowledge of almanac). Tabari was an eleventh century astronomer active in Persia, who wrote numerous important treatises on the astrolabe that are among the oldest extant Persian texts on this topic. For further reading on Tabari, see Vesel 2007, p.1119. The colophon notes that the manuscript was copied at the house of [Husayn] Qoli Bayg, the servant of the Royal Household.
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