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ACQUISITIONS OF 1980-7 (Or. 20.399, cont., 20.400)

(7) ff. 74b-79a A series of astronomical tables, mostly showing the place of rising of the constellations above the eastern horizon (matla

(8) ff. 79b-97a A collection of astronomical notes with examples of calculations and tables, as well as various prescriptions (83a, 90b, 98a). *** Bound in dark brown leather; glazed cream paper; 98 folios, originally numbered; 168x110 mm; neat nesilj. in various hands, headings and rubrics in red; drawings and tables in black and red (see above); an owner’s inscription, of Uayruddm Efendi, is found on the inner front-board. Acquired from Fatatri in May 1987.

Cod.Or. 20.400 A miscellany A collection of, mostly, treatises by Selïmï on the subject of astronomy, time reckoning and related measuring instruments. They were apparently copied by one copyist, who worked in or around the year 1162 (1748-9), found in a colophon on f. 54b. The endpapers contain various annotations and drawings: a partly erased owner’s inscription and a quarter circle with a text in large nesih on the heavenly throne (la); a note on the latitude and longitude of Mecca and Istanbul, and a circular drawing showing the position of Mecca (lb); notes on the contents (partly lost by trimming), on various astronomical phenomena, and a list of Syrian months, with the number of the days of each (2a); a circular drawing with indications of the main directions (123b); a few lines in mesnevi rhyme (1123b-124a); a prayer prescription with the text of the prayer in vocalised Arabic (124a- 125a); astronomical notes (124a, margin); a drawing with explanations of the geometry of an arc (125b); and a list of Arabic weekdays (ibidem, margin).