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1. Add MS 7481

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Add MS 7481
Title:
Fa‘altu fa-lā talum فعلت فلا تلم Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī, Maḥmūd ibn Masʿūd قطب الدين الشيرازي، محمود بن مسعود
Scope & Content:
Supercommentary by Quṭb al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Mas‘ūd al-Shīrāzī (قطب الدين محمود بن مسعود الشيرازي; c 1236-1310) on the Tibyān maqāṣid al-Tadhkirah (تبيان مقاصد التذكرة) by Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn Ḥusayn al-Ḥimādhī (محمد بن علي بن حسين الحماذي), which is in turn a commentary on the Kitāb al-tadhkirah ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
14 Jumādá I 826
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+213+ii

2. Add MS 23393

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Add MS 23393
Title:
al-Tuḥfah al-shāhīyah fī al-hayʾah التحفة الشاهية في الهيئة Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī, Maḥmūd ibn Masʿūd قطب الدين الشيرازي، محمود بن مسعود
Scope & Content:
Commentary by Quṭb al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Mas‘ūd al-Shīrāzī (قطب الدين محمود بن مسعود الشيرازي; c 1236-1310) on the Kitāb al-tadhkirah fī al-hay’ah (كتاب التذكرة في الهيئة; see British Library, MS Or. 11209) a treatise on the astronomical system presented in the Almagest of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemae...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
22 Ramaḍān 737
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+177+iii

3. IO Islamic 824

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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

4. IO Islamic 1249, ff 111v-116r

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IO Islamic 1249, ff 111v-116r
Title:
كتاب إسقلاوس في المطالع Kitāb Isqilawus fī maṭāli‘ Hypsicles إبسقلاوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Anaphoricus (Ἀναφορικός; في المطالع) by the astronomer and mathematician Hypsicles of Alexandria (Ὑψικλῆς; إبسقلاوس [here written إسقلاوس and إيسقلاوس]; first half of 2nd century BC), translated from the Greek by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; d. ca 912), revised by al-Kindī...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 111v-116r

5. IO Islamic 1270, f 120r-120v

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IO Islamic 1270, f 120r-120v
Title:
Mas’alah fī ikhtilāf manẓar al-qamr مسئلة في اختلاف منظر القمر Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Scope & Content:
Treatise on lunar parallax 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. 120r, line 3): إذا كان ارتفاع القمر أقر من ثلثين درجة ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

F. 120r-120v

6. IO Islamic 1270, ff 79r-86v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, ff 79r-86v
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. Begins (f. 79r, lines 3-4): قد يوجد صورة ضوء الشمس في وقت كسوفها إذا خرج ضوئها من ث...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Ff. 79r-86v

7. Or 1997

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1997
Title:
al-Qanūn al-Masʿūdī القانون المسعودي Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad بيروني، محمد بن أحمد
Scope & Content:
An early and complete copy of the comprehensive astronomical work, or Canon, by Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (أبو الريحان محمد بن أحمد البيروني, ca 973-1048). The al-Qanūn al-Masʿūdī was dedicated to Sultan Mas‘ūd of Ghaznī (reg. 1030-1040), and summarises the astronomy of the Alma...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Rabī‘ I 570
Extent:

Codex; ff. iii+262+iii

8. Royal MS 16 A VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 A VIII
Title:
Taḥrīr kitāb al-majisṭī تحرير كتاب المجسطي Ptolemy بطلميوس Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
The Almagest (كتاب المجسطي), an Arabic version of the Μαθηματικῆς σύνταξις of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168), in the annotated edition (تحرير) of Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274). This was the most influential and enduring astronomic...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th-16th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. iv+192+iv