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1. Add MS 23570, ff 86v-117r

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Add MS 23570, ff 86v-117r
Title:
Short mathematical texts, notes and diagrams in Arabic and Persian
Scope & Content:
Notable contents include: Commentary on Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) edition of Euclid's (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC) Elements (الأصول) (ff. 86v-88r); Text by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
1605-1610
Extent:

Ff. 86v-117r

2. Add MS 23570, ff 117v-133v

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Add MS 23570, ff 117v-133v
Title:
Fawā’id al-Jamālī fī uṣūl al-handasah فوائد الجمالي في أصول الهندسة Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn Ashraf سمرقندي، محمد بن أشرف
Scope & Content:
Persian translation of a treatise on geometry, 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; see f. 118v, line 7). The translation was made by Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Qiwām al-Qāḍ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
1605-1610
Extent:

Ff. 117v-133v

3. Add MS 27261, ff 343r-344r

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Add MS 27261, ff 343r-344r
Title:
Mukhtaṣir dar ʻilm-i Iqlīdis by Kāshī, Jamshīd ibn Masʻūd, d. ca. 1436 مختصر در علم اقلیدس
Scope & Content:
Elements of geometry, consisting of a few theorems from the first book of Euclid, with diagrams
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814
Extent:
1 text

4. IO Islamic 923, ff 71v-95r

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IO Islamic 923, ff 71v-95r
Title:
Maqalah-’i avvalī az Kitāb-i Uqlīdas مقالهٔ اولى از كتاب اقليدس Euclid أقليدس
Scope & Content:
A Persian version of Book One of the Elements (Στοιχεῖα; كتاب أقليدس في الأصول) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC). The diagrams are collected on three fold outs (ff. 74r, 89r and 95r). Begins (f. 71v, lines 1-2: مقالهٔ اولى از كتاب اقليدس چهل وهفت شكل اس...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Farsi and Persian
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

ff. 71v-95r