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Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 461/2
Title:: Maqālah ... fī ṣūrat al-kusūf
Scope & Content:: Author: Alhazen, 965-1039 VIAF ID: 90038995 Subject: Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1198
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 461/3
Title:: al-Jabr wa-al-muqābalah wa-al-muʿādalah
Scope & Content:: Author: Ṭūsī, al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad, active 12th century VIAF ID: 225405076 Subject: Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 461/4
Title:: Risālah fī ʿamal ḍilʿ al-musabbaʿ
Scope & Content:: Author: Qūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustam, -approximately 1000 VIAF ID: 29787131 Subject: Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 461/5
Title:: Ṭarīq fī istikhrāj khaṭṭayn bayna khaṭṭayn
Scope & Content:: Author: Qūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustam, -approximately 1000 VIAF ID: 29787131 Subject: Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 461/6
Title:: Kitāb fī misāḥat qaṭʿ al-makhrūṭ al-mukāfī
Scope & Content:: Author: Ibn Sinān, Ibrāhīm, 908-946 VIAF ID: 17399648 Subject: Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 461/7
Title:: Kitāb fī al-qarasṭūn
Scope & Content:: Author: Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, -901 VIAF ID: 55563658 Subject: Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 461, ff 2v-7v
Title:: Anonymous treatise on the linear astrolabe
Scope & Content:: Anonymous treatise on the construction and use of the linear astrolabe (أسطرلاب خطّي), an instrument also known as 'al-Ṭūsī's Rod' (عصا الطوسي), named after its inventor Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (شرف الدين المظفر بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1213). The Persian table of contents (f. ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1198
Extent:: Ff. 2v-7v

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 461, ff 8v-34r
Title:: Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf مقالة في صورة الكسوف Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Scope & Content:: Treatise on the observation of solar eclipses through a camera obscura by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040). The text contains four diagrams, which are collected on a fold out (f. 34r) following the text. Begins (f. 8v, lines...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1198
Extent:: Ff. 8v-34r

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 461, ff 35v-180r
Title:: al-Muʿādalāt المعادلات
Scope & Content:: Anonymous epitome (تلخيص) of a lost treatise by Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (شرف الدين المظفر بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1213) on cubic equations fundamental to algebraic geometry (see the epitomiser's preface, f. 35, lines 2-7, transcribed below and edited by Rashed in Sharaf al-Dīn...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1198
Extent:: Ff. 35v-180r

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 461, ff 182v-189r
Title:: Risālah fī ʿamal ḍilʿ al-musabba‘ al-mutasāwī al-aḍlā‘ fī al-dā‘irah رسالة في عمل ضلع المسبع المتساوي الأضلاع في الدائرة Kūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustum كوهي، ويجن بن رستم
Scope & Content:: Treatise on the construction of an equilateral heptagon within a circle by Abū Sahl Wayjan ibn Rustam al-Kūhī (أبو سهل ويجن بن رستم الكوهي also spelled al-Qūhī [القوهي]; fl. second half of the 10th century). The text contains seven diagrams, which are collected on a fold out (f. 188r) at the en...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1198
Extent:: Ff. 182v-189r

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