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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Astronomy, Ancient Level [40] File

1. Add MS 7473, ff 81v-102v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7473, ff 81v-102v
Title:
Kitāb fī al-hay’ah al-musammá al-iqtiṣāṣ كتاب في الهيئة المسمى بالاقتصاص Ptolemy بطلميوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic translation of the Planetary Hypotheses (Ὑποθέσεις τῶν πλανωμένων, كتاب الاقتصاص) of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168). The work is divided into two books: Book One (المقالة الأولى, ff. 81v-92v); Book Two (المقالة الثانية, ff. ). The original Greek text of Book Two is lost. B...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
639
Extent:

Ff. 81v-102v

2. IO Islamic 1270, f 10r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, f 10r
Title:
Istikhrāj mā bayna al-markaz min al-Majisṭī al-shāhī استخراج ما بين المركز من المجسطي الشاهي Abū Naṣr ibn ‘Irāq أبو نصر بن عراق
Scope & Content:
Short text on geometry by Abū Naṣr Manṣūr ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Irāq (أبو نصر منصور بن علي بن عراق; d. 1036) extracted from his lost astronomical work the al-Majisṭī al-shāhī (المجسطي الشاهي). The text contains one diagram. Begins (f. 10v, line 3): دائرة أب للفلك الخارج المركز وقطر أب
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

F. 10r

3. 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