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Name Archimedes, c 250 BC-212 BC Level [40] File

1. Add MS 5108, ff 5v-157

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Add MS 5108, ff 5v-157
Title:
Hippiatrica divided into chapters, and citing the authors Aemilius Hispanus, Anatolius, Aspyrtus, Archimedes, Hierocles, Hippocrates, Litorius Beneventanus, Pelagonius, Theomnestus and Tiberius.
Scope & Content:
Hippiatrica
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 23391, ff 2r-21r

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Add MS 23391, ff 2r-21r
Title:
Kitāb Arshimīdas fī al-binkāmāt كتاب أرشميدس في البنكامات Archimedes أرشميدس
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the hydraulic and pneumatic machinery of water-clocks with thirteen diagrams, attributed to Archimedes (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC). The title is given wrongly as كتاب أرشميدش في عمل السكامات (Kitāb Arshimīdash fī ‘amal al-sakāmāt; f. 2v, line 1); the final word should re...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Ff. 2r-21r

3. Add MS 29233

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Add MS 29233
Title:
Scope & Content:
POLITICAL and other essays and papers, many in the handwriting of Warren Hastings, viz:- 1. Letter of advice from Warren Hastings to the Earl of Moira on his appointment as Governor-general of Bengal; 2 Dec. 1812. Draft. f. 1. See 29,234, f. 1. 2. "Queries relative to the Nature and Powers o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item

4. IO Islamic 1249, ff 118v-231v

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IO Islamic 1249, ff 118v-231v
Title:
كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة Kitāb al-kurrah wa-al-isṭūwānah Archimedes أرشميدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De sphaera et cylindro (Περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου; كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة) by the mathematician Archimedes (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC), revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرة; d. 901) and presented here in the edition of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 118v-231v

5. IO Islamic 1249, ff 231v-238r

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IO Islamic 1249, ff 231v-238r
Title:
مقالة أرشميدس في تكسير الدائرة Maqālat Arshimīdas fī taksīr al-dā’irah Archimedes أرشميدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Dimensio circuli (Κύκλου μέτρησις; في تكسير الدائرة) by the mathematician (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC). The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 238r) following the text. Begins (f. 231v, line 11-f. 232r, line 2): ... مقالة أرشميدس في تكسير الدائرة وهو...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 231v-238r

6. IO Islamic 1270, f 119v

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IO Islamic 1270, f 119v
Title:
Qawl fī qismat al-khaṭṭ alladhī ista‘maluhu Arshimīdas fī al-Kurah wa-al-usṭūwānah قول في قسمة الخط الذي استعمله أرشميدس في الكرة والأسطوانة Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Scope & Content:
Geometrical treatise by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040) on the De sphaera et cylindro (Περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου; كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة) by Archimedes (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC). Begins (f. 119v, lines 2-4)...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

F. 119v

7. IO Islamic 1270, ff 122r-123v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, ff 122r-123v
Title:
Faṣl fī muqaddimat ḍil‘ al-musabba‘ فصل في مقدمة ضلع المسبع Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the construction of regular heptagon by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040). Begins (f. 122r, line 3): إن أرشميدس بنى ضلع المسبع على المربع الذي قدمه ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Ff. 122r-123v

8. Or 14270, ff 2v-14r

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Or 14270, ff 2v-14r
Title:
Kitāb Arshimīdas fī ‘amal al-binkamāt كتاب أرشميدس في عمل البنكامات Archimedes أرشميدس
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the hydraulic and pneumatic machinery of water-clocks with eighteen diagrams, attributed to Archimedes (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC). The title page gives the title wrongly as كتاب أرشميدس في عمل الساعات (Kitāb Arshimīdas fī ‘amal al-sā‘āt). This early known copy of the te...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
28 Shawwāl 691
Extent:
ff. 2v-14r

9. Sloane MS 2119

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2119
Title:
Scope & Content:
Sloane 2119 Chartaceus, in Octavo, ff. 172, Sec. XVII; codex manu Marchesii Dorchestriae scriptus. Ex Pappo Alexandrino et Archimede collectiones. ff. 1-172. Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester; 2nd Earl of Kingston: Collectiones ex Pappo Alexandrino et Archimede: 17th cent. Pappus,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Sloane MS 2577 A

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Sloane MS 2577 A
Title:
Scope & Content:
Owners of Manuscripts: Guide, Family of. Richard Jones: Collections on alchemy: 17th cent. includes: f. 1 John Lydgate: Catalogue of his poems: 17th cent. ff. 3-12 London; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC. ROYAL SOCIETY: Notes from their Philosophical transactions for 1665-1701: 18th cent. ff. 13-65 b A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item