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1. IO Islamic 923, ff 1v-10r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 923, ff 1v-10r
Title:
Taḥrīr kitāb al-kurrah al-mutaḥarrikah تحرير كتاب الكرة المتحركة Autolycus أوطولوقس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De sphaera quae movertur (Περὶ κινουμένης σφαίρας;كتاب الكرة المتحركة) by the astronomer, mathematician and geographer Autolycus of Pitane (Αὐτόλυκος ὁ Πιταναῖος; أوطولوقس; fl. 300 BC), translation from the Greek revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرة; d. 901). The diag...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17 Jumādá I 1198
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ff. 1v-10r

2. IO Islamic 923, ff 11v-21r

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IO Islamic 923, ff 11v-21r
Title:
Taḥrīr kitāb al-masākin تحرير كتاب المساكن Theodosius ثاودوسيوس
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Arabic version of the De habitationibus (Περὶ οἰκήσεων; كتاب المساكن), a work on astronomy by Theodosius of Bithynia (ثاودوسيوس; Θεοδόσιος; c 160-c 100 BC), translated from the Greek by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; c 820-912). The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 21r) following the te...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18 Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 11v-21r

3. IO Islamic 923, ff 23v-51r

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IO Islamic 923, ff 23v-51r
Title:
Kitāb Thāwudhūsīyus fī al-ayyām wa-al-layālī كتاب ثاوذوسيوس في الأيام والليالي Theodosius ثاودوسيوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De diebus et noctibus (Περὶ ἡμερῶν καὶ νυκτῶν; كتاب في الأيام والليالي) a work on astronomy by Theodosius of Bithynia (ثاودوسيوس; Θεοδόσιος; c 160-c 100 BC). The text is divided into two books (مقالتان): Book One (المقالة الأولى; ff. 23v-36v); Book Two (المقالة الثانية; f...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13 Sha‘bān 1198
Extent:

ff. 23v-51r

4. IO Islamic 923, ff 52v-69r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 923, ff 52v-69r
Title:
Fī jirmay al-nayyirayn wa-bu‘dayhimma في جرمي النيرين وبعديهما Aristarchus أرسطرخس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De magnitudinibus et distantiis solis et lunae (περὶ μεγεθῶν καὶ ἀποστημάτων ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης; في جرمي النيرين وبعديهما) by Aristarchus of Samos (أرسطرخس, Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σάμιος, ca 310-ca 230 BC). The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 69r) following the text. At th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13 Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 52v-69r

5. IO Islamic 923, ff 98v-101r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 923, ff 98v-101r
Title:
كتاب أقليدس في الثقل والخفة وقياس الأجرام بعضها إلى بعض Kitāb Uqlīdas fī al-thiqal wa-al-khiffah wa-qiyās al-ajrām ba‘ḍihā ilá ba‘ḍ Euclid أقليدس
Scope & Content:
A work on the principles of specific gravity probably falsely attributed to the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC). The translation, presumabely from the Greek now lost, is said to have been corrected by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت ابن قرة; d. 901; f. 98v, line 3, tra...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

ff. 98v-101r