Detail View: Rylands Collection: Note on a sphere & box moving like the firmament

Image Number: 
JRL0811374dc
Reference Number: 
Arabic MS 351 [419]
Image Title: 
Note on a sphere & box moving like the firmament
Parent Work Title: 
Various works on pneumatics and mechanics
Creator: 
Khariki
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
c1650
Page/Sheet: 
89v-90r
Image Sequence Number: 
090r
Description: 
A note by Khariki on a sphere and box moving like the firmament. This is the continuation from the text on folio 84b, which has been wrongly separated by the binder with the inclusion of folio 85 . Script: Indian Naskhi, bordering on Ta'lik.
Language Code: 
ara
Language: 
Arabic
Subject: 
Physics
Subject: 
Astronomy
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Drawing (image-making) 
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
17th Century CE
Item Height: 
185 mm
Item Width: 
125 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Hamilton, George William, 1807-1868, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
References: 
Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester' by A. Mingana
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2008-07-21
Multi Page Number: 
455
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2009-01
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB