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161. 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

162. Or 2361

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2361
Title:
A collection of fourteen treatises on music theory in Arabic and Persian
Scope & Content:
A collection of fourteen treatises on music theory in Arabic and Persian, copied for Shāh Qubād ibn ‘Abd al-Jalīl al-Ḥārithī al-Badakhshī (شاه قباد بن عبد الجليل الحارثي البدخشي, d. Delhi, 1083/1672-3) who by the time of the volume's compilation held the title Dīyānat Khān (ديانتخان). Dīyānat ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
1073-1075
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+269+iv

163. Or 2408

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2408
Title:
Kitāb al-mughnī fī al-adwiyah al-mufradah كتاب المغني في الأدوية المفردة Ibn al-Bayṭār, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ابن البيطار، عبد الله بن أحمد
Scope & Content:
Volume One (المجلد الأول) of a medical compendium on the use of simples to cure various ailments by the Andalusian botanist Ḍiyā’ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Mālaqī (ضياء الدين أبو محمد عبد الله بن أحمد بن محمد المالقي; d. 1248), known as Ibn al-Bayṭār (ابن البيط...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 851
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+287+ii

164. Or 2411

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2411
Title:
Ḥāwī al-mukhtaṣarāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt حاوي المختسرات في العمل بربع المقنطرات Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad سبط المارديني، بدر الدين محمد بن محمد and an astrolabe quadrant (ربع المقنطرات)
Scope & Content:
Box containing one manuscript volume and one astronomical instrument. Contents: (1) Sibṭ al-Māridīnī (سبط المارديني), Ḥāwī al-mukhtaṣarāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt (حاوي المختسرات في العمل بربع المقنطرات); (2) Astrolabe quadrant (ربع المقنطرات).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century-19th century
Extent:

1 codex and 1 astronomical instrument

165. Or 2600

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2600
Title:
Kitāb al-ghādhī wa-al-mughtadhī كتاب الغاذي والمغتذي Ibn Abī al-Ash‘ath, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ابن أبي الأشعث، أحمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Treatise on dietetics and the nourishment of the parts of the body by Abū Ja‘far Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Ash‘ath (أبو جعفر أحمد بن محمد ابن أبي الأشعث; d. 360/970). The text is in two parts (مقالتان), divided into chapters (جمل), and further subdivided into sections (أبواب). This copy is m...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Dhū al-Qa‘dah 348
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+17+xxxiv

166. Or 2601

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2601
Title:
Composite manuscript, mostly medical
Scope & Content:
A composite volume, consisting of three manuscripts apparently from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The first two are medical texts, and the last is a tale also found in the Thousand Nights and a Night (ألف ليلة وليلة). Contents: (1) Kitāb fīhī ajzā’ min Minhāj al-ṭibb (كتاب فيه أجزاء ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1200-1399
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+88+ii

167. Or 2784

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2784
Title:
Kitāb na‘t al-ḥayawān كتاب نعت الحيوان
Scope & Content:
Bestiary describing the characteristics and medical uses of a large number of animals. The anonymous compiler of the work (see f. 95r) claims it is based on writings by Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس; d. 322 BC) and Abū Sa‘īd ‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Jibrā’īl ibn ‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Bakhtīshū‘ ibn Jibrā’īl ibn Bakh...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+258+iii

168. Or 2805

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2805
Title:
Two medical treatises
Scope & Content:
Composite manuscript comprising two codicological units. Contents: (1) al-Qalānisī (القلانسي), Qarābādīn (aqrābādhīn) (قرابادين [أقراباذين]; ff. 1v-110v); (2) Ibn Hubal (ابن هبل), al-Mukhtār fī al-ṭibb (المختار في الطب; ff. 111r-282r).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
976-988
Extent:

Codex; ff. iv+282+iv

169. Or 2920

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2920
Title:
Nautical almanac
Scope & Content:
Nautical almanac containing tables, diagrams and short texts useful for navigation in the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea. A concise overview of the navigational methods discussed, without reference to this manuscript, can be found in Yacoub Yusuf al-Hijji, 'Arab Navigational Methods aft...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1260
Extent:
Codex; ff. ii+17+i+60+ix+1+i+21+vi+2+iv+23+i+1+i

170. Or 3129

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 3129
Title:
Tuḥfat al-ṭullāb fī sharḥ nuzhat al-ḥussāb تحفة الطلاب في شرح نزهة الحسّاب Ibn Imām al-Naḥḥāsīyah, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad إمام النحّاسية، محمد بن أحمد
Scope & Content:
A commentary on the Nuzhat al-ḥussāb fī ‘ilm al-ḥisāb (نزهة الحُسّاب في علم الحِساب; see f. 1v, line 21), a treatise on arithmetic and ḥisāb al-ghubār, or calculation by means of a dust covered board (تخت), by Shihāb al-Dīn Abū ‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Imād al-Qarāfī, known as Ibn al-Hā’im...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+100+ii

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