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Horoscope for Sultan Amir Zadeh Rustam, 1419

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Description: This volume is the horoscope of Sultan Amir Zadeh Rustam. It was written in 822 AH in Persian (with some Arabic) by Yahya ibn Imad bin Yahya Al-Munajjim al-Kashi. It is probably the copy presented to the Sultan. It includes finely illuminated borders and sarlauh on initial pages but dampstained. Some color is fading. The volume also includes some notes about the manuscript, probably from the 1940s.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1419
Call number: mssHM 71897
Creator: Al-Munajjim al-Kashi, Yahya ibn Imad bin Yahya(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006. Purchased by the Burndy Library from Bernard Quaritch March 2000.

Proclamation of Sultan of Turkey: handwritten document

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This proclamation, might be made by a sultan of Turkey. It is the authorization for Signor Nicolo Rustann (unsure of name) to act as consul to Italy. It is in old Turkish and Arabic. It is probably a copy of the official document. With note about item.

mssHM 80586

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A compendium treatise in medicine

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This manuscript, which is written in Turkish by Abubakir Nuşrat, was probably written in 1650 in Turkey (the volume also has some writing from the early 20th century in it). The volume is a treatise about medicine but also deals with astrology. It has charts and some hand-drawn illustrations.

mssHM 74828

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Commonplace book : manuscript

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A manuscript commonplace book, with text written in several different hands. The volume is written mostly in English but also contains French and German; though no country of origin is identified, it appears to be mainly British in subject. The text includes seven pages of index in the beginning of the volume; there are also rough drawings in pencil and pen, as well more finely executed pen and ink illustrations. The text covers an extraordinary range of subjects, including technical inventions and developments, animal husbandry, recipes, political comment, sports, current events, travel, medicinal cures, economics, wine, and many other topics. The volume is bound in late 18th century three-quarter calf gilt, red edges, with some wear to the binding.

mssHM 83388

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Anonymous manuscript treatise on pneumatics, air balloons, geology, mines and coal

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The manuscript was written by an unknown author who was probably a male student in England in the 1840s (he mentions an article in a 1837 magazine on ballooning). In it, the author writes generally on several different topics including: pneumatics, air balloons, geology, mines and Sir Humphry Davy, and coal. It contains many hand-drawn diagrams and illustrations (some in color). The volume has many blank pages.

mssHM 76511

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Manuscript volume of poems and letters dedicated to Elizabeth Barber

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This book was began in 1835 by Amos W. Collins, a Quaker living in Hopkinton, Rhode Island. It is a collection of letters, quotations, and poetry all dedicated to Elizabeth Barber, a friend of Collins' and probably another citizen of Hopkinton. Most of the volume is made up of blank pages.

mssHM 80570

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John Stow survey of London: incomplete manuscript

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This is an incomplete transcript of portions from Stow's manuscript Survey of London. It is probably copied from the 1633 edition. The manuscript has some additional original pieces.

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Horoscope for Sultan Amir Zadeh Rustam, 1419

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