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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Geometry--Early works to 1800 Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 14332

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Add MS 14332
Title:
Four treatises on conic sections
Scope & Content:
A collection of four mathematical treatises on conic sections. The mansucript was completed on 26 December 1834 (see colophon to Item 4, fol. 193v, line 13).The final eight folios (ff. 194v-201v) contain diagrams omitted in their proper places in the texts. Contents: (1) Clavius, Christophorus ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
26 Dec 1834
Extent:

Codex; ff. v+201+v

2. Add MS 21952

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Add MS 21952
Title:
Taḥrīr kitāb uṣūl al-handasah wa-al-ḥisāb تحرير كتاب أصول الهندسة والحساب Euclid أقليدس Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the fundamental introduction to geometry, the Elements (Στοιχεῖα; الأصول) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης, أقليدس; fl. 300 BC), in the annotated edition (تحرير) of Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274). The te...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1048
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+153+iii+1+i+1+iii

3. Add MS 23387

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Add MS 23387
Title:
Taḥrīr kitāb uṣūl al-handasah wa-al-ḥisāb تحرير كتاب أصول الهندسة والحساب Euclid أقليدس Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the fundamental introduction to geomentry, the Elements (Στοιχεῖα; الأصول) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης, أقليدس; fl. 300 BC), in the annotated edition (تحرير) of Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274). The ed...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15 Rabī‘ II 656
Extent:

Codex; ff. iii+216+iii

4. Delhi Arabic 1909

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Delhi Arabic 1909
Title:
Geometrical texts related to Euclid's Elements
Scope & Content:
Front flyleaf ii-v contains a magical text based on the names of the Companions of the Cave (أصحاب الكهف, see Qur’ān 18:9-26). Ff. 1ar and 1av contain an astrnomical table. The first and by far the longest text in this manuscript was completed on 5 Jumādá II 1214/4 November 1799 (see its coloph...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
5 Jumādá II 1214
Extent:

Codex; ff. iii+173+i

5. Delhi Arabic 1926

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Delhi Arabic 1926
Title:
Kitāb al-ukar كتاب الأكر Theodosius ثاودوسيوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De sphaericis (كتاب الأكر) by Theodosius of Bithynia (ثاودوسيوس; Θεοδόσιος; c 160-c 100 BC). The preface (f. 1v, lines 3-5, transcribed below) states that it was translated from Greek into Arabic by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; c 820-912), up to Chapter 3, figure 5, at th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. iii+34+ii

6. 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

7. IO Islamic 924

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IO Islamic 924
Title:
كتاب أبلونيوس في المخروطات Kitāb Abulūnīyūs fī al-makhrūṭāt Apollonius of Perga أبلونيوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Conics (Κωνικά; كتاب المخروطات) by Apollonius of Perga (Ἀπολλώνιος; أبلونيوس; fl ca 200 BC). Originally in eight books, only Books 1 to 4 survive in the original Greek; Books 1 to 7 are preserved in Arabic. The edition is called Taḥrīr makhrūṭāt (تحرير مخروطات), indicating ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
Ramaḍān 1198
Extent:

Codex; ff. vi+205+viii; one loose leaf

8. Or 11210

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Or 11210
Title:
A treatise on arithmetic and geometry, with its commentary Biqāʿī, Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUmar بقاعي، إبراهيم بن عمر
Scope & Content:
Rough holograph copies of a short treatise on arithmetic and mensuration (geodesy) in verse form (urjūzah) entitled al-Bāḥah fī ʿilmay al-ḥisāb wa-al-misāḥah (الباحة في علمي الحساب والمساحة, ff. 2r-27r), followed by a commentary upon it entitled Ibāḥat al-bāḥah (إباحة الباحة, ff. 28r-109v, both ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
24 Jumada 836
Extent:

ff. i+109+i

9. Or 13127

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Or 13127
Title:
Kitāb Mānālāwus fī al-ashkāl al-kurrīyahكتاب مانالاوس في الأشكال الكرية Menelaus of Alexandria مانالاوس
Scope & Content:
An early copy of Aḥmad ibn Abī Sa‘d al-Harawī's (أحمد بن أبي سعد الهروي; d. ca AD 1000) revised edition of the Arabic translation of Menelaus of Alexandria's (fl. ca AD 100) Greek treatise on spherical trigonometry known as Kitāb fī al-ashkāl al-kurrīyah (كتاب في الأشكال الكرية) or simply as Kit...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
4 Rabī‘ II 548
Extent:
Codex; ff. ii+55+ii