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242. Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 119r-126r
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 119r-126r
- Title:
- Kitāb ʻUṭārid ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥāsib fī manāfiʻ al-aḥjār wa-al-ḥiraz wa-ṭillismātihā wa-khawātim al-kawākib al-sabʻah كتاب عطارد بن محمد الحاسب في منافع الأحجار والحرز وطلسماتها وخواتم الكواكب السبعة Ḥāsib, ʻUṭārid ibn Muḥammad حاسب، عطارد بن محمد
- Scope & Content:
- Lapidary including instructions for engraving amulets, talismans and seals of the seven planets byʿUṭārid ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥāsib [here written al-Muḥāsib] al-Munajjim al-Bābilī (عطارد بن محمد الحاسب [المحاسب] المنجم البابلي, fl 9th century). Blank spaces left for images meant to be engraved on a...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
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Ff. 119r-126r
243. Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 126r-197r
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 126r-197r
- Title:
- al-Kitāb al-majmūʻ fī khawāṣṣ al-aḥjār الكتاب المجموع في خواص الأحجار Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
- Scope & Content:
- Collection of five texts on the occult properties (خواصّ) of stones and other natural substances attributed to Hermes (هرمس), Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC) and other sages. Contents: (1) Book on the Knowledge of Stones, their Occult Properties and Inscriptions (كتاب معرفة الحجارة وخاصيتها ...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
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Ff. 126r-197r
244. Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 197v-199r
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 197v-199r
- Title:
- al-Taʻlīq al-zāʼid ʻalā kitāb al-aḥjār al-ṣaghīr التعليق الزائد على كتاب الأحجار الصغير
- Scope & Content:
- Unattributed collection of magico-medical prescriptions said to be an 'supplementary appendix to The Small (?) Book of Stones' (التعليق الزائد على كتاب الأحجار الصغير[؟], see Colophon, f. 199r, line 11, transcribed below). Begins (f. 197v, lines 2-3): تعليق إذا كثر بكاء الصبي فخذ طرف أذن قط...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
-
Ff. 197v-199r
245. Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 199r-200r
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 199r-200r
- Title:
- Bāb nuqila min kitāb ākhar li-Suqraqṭis باب نقل من كتاب آخر لسقرقطس Suqraqṭis سقرقطس
- Scope & Content:
- Instructions for the making of protective amulets and talismans attributed to the sage Suqraqṭis (سقرقطس, perhaps meant to be Socrates [سقراطس] or Hippocrates [بقراطس]). Begins (ff. 199r, line 13-199v, line 2): ينقش هذه الأسماء على فص ياقوت أو نجادي (؟) أو بلور وهي الأسماء التي دعا بها سلي...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
-
Ff. 199r-200r
246. IO Islamic 461, ff 2v-7v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 461, ff 2v-7v
- Title:
- Anonymous treatise on the linear astrolabe
- Scope & Content:
- Anonymous treatise on the construction and use of the linear astrolabe (أسطرلاب خطّي), an instrument also known as 'al-Ṭūsī's Rod' (عصا الطوسي), named after its inventor Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (شرف الدين المظفر بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1213). The Persian table of contents (f. ...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 1198
- Extent:
-
Ff. 2v-7v
247. IO Islamic 461, ff 8v-34r
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 461, ff 8v-34r
- Title:
- Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf مقالة في صورة الكسوف Alhazen ابن الهيثم
- Scope & Content:
- Treatise on the observation of solar eclipses through a camera obscura by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040). The text contains four diagrams, which are collected on a fold out (f. 34r) following the text. Begins (f. 8v, lines...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 1198
- Extent:
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Ff. 8v-34r
248. IO Islamic 461, ff 35v-180r
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 461, ff 35v-180r
- Title:
- al-Muʿādalāt المعادلات
- Scope & Content:
- Anonymous epitome (تلخيص) of a lost treatise by Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (شرف الدين المظفر بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1213) on cubic equations fundamental to algebraic geometry (see the epitomiser's preface, f. 35, lines 2-7, transcribed below and edited by Rashed in Sharaf al-Dīn...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 1198
- Extent:
-
Ff. 35v-180r
249. IO Islamic 461, ff 182v-189r
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 461, ff 182v-189r
- Title:
- Risālah fī ʿamal ḍilʿ al-musabba‘ al-mutasāwī al-aḍlā‘ fī al-dā‘irah رسالة في عمل ضلع المسبع المتساوي الأضلاع في الدائرة Kūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustum كوهي، ويجن بن رستم
- Scope & Content:
- Treatise on the construction of an equilateral heptagon within a circle by Abū Sahl Wayjan ibn Rustam al-Kūhī (أبو سهل ويجن بن رستم الكوهي also spelled al-Qūhī [القوهي]; fl. second half of the 10th century). The text contains seven diagrams, which are collected on a fold out (f. 188r) at the en...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 1198
- Extent:
-
Ff. 182v-189r
250. IO Islamic 461, ff 189v-191r
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 461, ff 189v-191r
- Title:
- Ṭarīq fī istikhrāj khaṭṭayn bayna khaṭṭayn wa-tatawālá ‘alá nisbah طريق في استخراج خطّين بين خطّين وتتوالى على نسبة Kūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustum كوهي، ويجن بن رستم
- Scope & Content:
- Short geometrical treatise by Abū Sahl Wayjan ibn Rustam al-Kūhī (أبو سهل ويجن بن رستم الكوهي also spelled al-Qūhī [القوهي]; fl. second half of the 10th century). The text contains one diagram, which is presented on a fold out (f. 190r). Contents: Begins (f. 189v, lines 2-): نجعل الخطين ا ب...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 1198
- Extent:
-
Ff. 189v-191r