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1. IO Islamic 824

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 824
Title:
Scientific and Philosophical Compendium of Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān Ghūjārātī (أحمد بن سليمان غوجاراتي)
Scope & Content:
Compendium of short texts, extracts and notes on scientific and philosophical subjects, compiled by Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān Ghūjārātī (أحمد بن سليمان غوجاراتي; d. 1681), and completed in Dhū al-ḥijjah 1134/September-October 1722 (see note on f. 5r). The manuscript was later owned by the compiler''s ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
Dhū al-ḥijjah 1134
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+250+i

2. IO Islamic 1249, ff 118v-231v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249, ff 118v-231v
Title:
كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة Kitāb al-kurrah wa-al-isṭūwānah Archimedes أرشميدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De sphaera et cylindro (Περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου; كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة) by the mathematician Archimedes (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC), revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرة; d. 901) and presented here in the edition of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 118v-231v

3. IO Islamic 1249, ff 231v-238r

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IO Islamic 1249, ff 231v-238r
Title:
مقالة أرشميدس في تكسير الدائرة Maqālat Arshimīdas fī taksīr al-dā’irah Archimedes أرشميدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Dimensio circuli (Κύκλου μέτρησις; في تكسير الدائرة) by the mathematician (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC). The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 238r) following the text. Begins (f. 231v, line 11-f. 232r, line 2): ... مقالة أرشميدس في تكسير الدائرة وهو...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 231v-238r

4. IO Islamic 1270, f 119v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, f 119v
Title:
Qawl fī qismat al-khaṭṭ alladhī ista‘maluhu Arshimīdas fī al-Kurah wa-al-usṭūwānah قول في قسمة الخط الذي استعمله أرشميدس في الكرة والأسطوانة Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Scope & Content:
Geometrical treatise by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040) on the De sphaera et cylindro (Περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου; كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة) by Archimedes (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC). Begins (f. 119v, lines 2-4)...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

F. 119v

5. IO Islamic 1270, ff 122r-123v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, ff 122r-123v
Title:
Faṣl fī muqaddimat ḍil‘ al-musabba‘ فصل في مقدمة ضلع المسبع Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the construction of regular heptagon by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040). Begins (f. 122r, line 3): إن أرشميدس بنى ضلع المسبع على المربع الذي قدمه ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Ff. 122r-123v