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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7470
Title:: Miftāḥ al-ḥisāb مفتاح الحساب Kāshī, Jamshīd ibn Masʿūd كاشي، جمشيد بن مسعود
Scope & Content:: Compendium of mathematics by Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd ibn Masʿūd ibn Maḥmūd al-Kāshī (غياث الدين جمشيد بن مسعود بن محمود الكاشي, d. 1429 or 1436) or al-Kāshānī (الكاشاني, see f. 3v, line 3). The text is known by both the short title Key to Calculation (مفتاح الحساب, see ff. 2r, line 8 and 3v, line...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 2 Shawwāl 997
Extent:: Codex; ff. iii+110+iii

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7471
Title:: Sharḥ ashkāl al-taʾsīs شرح أشكال التأسيس Qāḍīʹzādah, Mūsá ibn Muḥammad قاضي زاده، موسى بن محمد and Sharḥ al-adwār شرح الأدوار
Scope & Content:: (1) Qāḍīʹzādah (قاضي زاده), Sharḥ ashkāl al-taʾsīs (شرح أشكال التأسيس; ff. 2v-41r); (2) anonymous, Sharḥ al-adwār (شرح الأدوار; ff. 41v-92r). An owner's inscription by the 'son of the learned Shaykh ‘Abd Allāh, known as al-Suwaydī' (نجل العلامة الشيخ عبد الله المعروف بالسويدي), and dated 1...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1104
Extent:: Codex; ff. i+96+iii

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7471, ff 2v-41r
Title:: Sharḥ ashkāl al-taʾsīs شرح أشكال التأسيس Qāḍīʹzādah, Mūsá ibn Muḥammad قاضي زاده، موسى بن محمد
Scope & Content:: Qāḍīʹzādah al-Rūmī's (قاضي زاده الرومي; d. after 1440) commentary on the Ashkāl al-ta’sīs (أشكال التأسيس) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ashraf al-Ḥusaynī al-Samarqandī (شمس الدين محمد بن أشرف الحسيني السمرقندي, d. 1302). A title line added by a later hand at the head of f. 2v misattributes t...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1104
Extent:: Ff. 2v-41r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7471, ff 41v-92r
Title:: شرح الأدوار Sharḥ al-adwār
Scope & Content:: Anonymous commentary on Ṣafī al-Dīn ‘Abd al-Mu’min ibn Yūsuf ibn Fākhir al-Urmawī's (صفي الدين عبد المؤمن بن يوسف بن فاخر الأرموي, d. 1294) Book of Cycles (كتاب أدوار), an extremely influential treatise on music theory. A title line added by a later hand at the head of f. 41v identifies the tex...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 8 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1104
Extent:: Ff. 41v-92r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7472
Title:: Tawḍīḥ al-Tadhkirah al-Nāṣirīyah توضيح التذكرة الناصرية Nīsābūrī, al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad نيسابوري، الحسن بن محمد
Scope & Content:: A commentary by al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn Niẓām al-Dīn al-Aʿraj al-Nīsābūrī (الحسن بن محمد بن الحسين نظام الدين الأعرج النيسابوري; d. 1328 or 9) 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 prese...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20 Jumādá II 1062
Extent:: Codex; ff. i+119+ii

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7473
Title:: Compendium of mathematical, philosophical and historical texts
Scope & Content:: Collection of twenty treatises (plus shorter notes and excerpts) relating to mathematics, philosophy, history and related subjects, including a number of Graeco-Arabic texts. The manuscript was copied in Dhū al-Qa‘dah 639/May 1242 at least in part from an exemplar that was copied in 'the west ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 639
Extent:: Codex; ff. i+198+i

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7473, ff 1v-5v
Title:: Kitāb al-sīrah al-falsafīyah كتاب السيرة الفلسفية Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā رازي، أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا
Scope & Content:: Autobiographical treatise by the physician and philosopher Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا الرأزي; d. ca 925) in defence of his philosophical lifestyle. Begins (f. 1v, lines 6-8): قال أبو نصر (!) محمد بن زكريا الرازي ألحق الله روحه بالروح والراحة إن ناسًا من أهل ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 639
Extent:: Ff. 1v-5v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7473, ff 6r-12r
Title:: Maqālah fī al-nafs ‫مقالة في النفس‬ Ibn Abī Thaur al-Mawṣilī, Abū Manṣūr Bakr ibn al-Qāsim ابن أبي ثور الموصلي، أبو منصور بكر بن القاسم
Scope & Content:: Philosophical treatise on the soul by Abū Manṣūr Bakr ibn al-Qāsim ibn Abī Thawr al-Mawṣilī (‫أبو منصور بكر بن القاسم ابن أبي ثور الموصلي‬) written for his teacher Abū ‘Uthmān Sa‘īd ibn Ya‘qūb al-Dimashqī (أبو عثمن سعيد بن يعقوب الدمشقي; d. early 10th century). Begins (f. 6r, lines 2-4): من بك...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 639
Extent:: Ff. 6r-12r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7473, ff 12v-16v
Title:: Masā’il su’ilā ‘anhā Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī مسائل سئل عنها ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني
Scope & Content:: Philosophical treatise on the question of whether souls are limited or infinite by Abū al-Ḥasan Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī (أبو الحسن ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني; d. 901) written in response to questions put to him by Abū Musá ‘Isá ibn Asad (أبو موسى عيسى بن أسد). The full title is given as (f. 12v...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 639
Extent:: Ff. 12v-16v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7473, ff 16v-26v
Title:: Kitāb al-khamsīn mas’alah fī kasr al-manṭiq كتاب الخمسين مسئلة في كسر المنطق Abū al-Najā al-Fāriḍ أبو النجا الفارض
Scope & Content:: Philosophical treatise on logic by Abū al-Najā al-Fāriḍ (أبو النجا الفارض). Begins (f. 16v, lines 11-12): الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد خاتم النبيين وآله وعلى أصحابه الطاهرين وأزواجه الطاهرات أمهات المؤمنين وسلم تسليمًا ... Ends (f. 26r, line 26-26v, line 2): ... ولنا في ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 639
Extent:: Ff. 16v-26v

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