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Maqālah fī istikhrāj irtifā‘ al-quṭb ‘alá ghāyat al-taḥqīq مقالة في استخراج ارتفاع القطب على غاية التحقيق Alhazen ابن الهيثم، الحسن بن الحسن
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A short treatise describing a geometrical method for precisely determining latitude by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan known as Ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن known as ابن الهيثم, d c 1039). The Arabic text is accompanied by a Latin translation produced by Jacobus Golius (1596-1667) in 16...
Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Liber Confortatorius; An incomplete account of St Thomas Becket's death; An excerpt from a chant on the martyrdom of St Catherine; An antiphon with neumes; A hymn on St Catherine; Brevis relatio; A genealogy of the kings of England; St Bernard of Clairvaux, Epistula ad Eugenium (imperfect)
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This manuscript contains the unique extant witness of the Liber Confortatorius (ff. 1r-117v) written by Goscelin of Saint-Bertin (d. c. 1107) for an English recluse named Eve. Eve left her convent for an anchoritic life in France, under the guidance of Hervé, a monk of Vendôme, near Tours, and s...
Aldobrandino of Siena, Le Régime du corps; Le livre de toutes herbes; Roger Frugard, Chirurgia; Antidotarium Nicolai; and other medical texts
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Contents: ff. 1r-2v, 1r-7v, 22v, 23r-v: Recipes in a hand of the 17th century. ff. 3r-5v: Table of contents, probably compiled by the scribe; this does not accurately list all contents, but contains a list of the chapters of the Régime du corps, and of the texts on ff. 82-108. ff. 6r-16v: A ...
Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love (Long Text)
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This manuscript contains the Long Text of the Revelations of Divine Love written by Julian of Norwich (b. 1342, d. after 1416). There are two distinct versions of Julian's account of and reflections on a sequence of visions of the Crucified Christ that she experienced as she was lying on her si...
Bombay Geographical Society. Index to the First Seventeen Volumes of the Society's Transactions. With Catalogue of the Library, and Catalogue of Charts, Maps, Sketches, and Views.
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Bombay Geographical Society. Index to the First Seventeen Volumes of the Society's Transactions. With Catalogue of the Library, and Catalogue of Charts, Maps, Sketches, and Views. Publication details: Printed for the Society by Ballantyne and Co., Paul's Work, Edinburgh, 1866.
Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from 1836 to 1838. Reprinted from the Edition Originally Issued. Edited by the Secretary. Volume I.
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Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from 1836 to 1838. Reprinted from the Edition Originally Issued. Edited by the Secretary. Volume I. Publication details: Bombay: Printed at the American Mission Press, by T Graham, 1844.
Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, August 1838 to May 1839. Edited by the Secretary. Volume II.
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Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, August 1838 to May 1839. Edited by the Secretary. Volume II. Publication details: none. With illustrations.
Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from June 1839 to February 1840. Edited by the Secretary. Volume III.
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Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from June 1839 to February 1840. Edited by the Secretary. Volume III. Publication details: Bombay: Printed at the American Mission Press, by E A Webster, 1840. Illustration: sketch of Captain Hart's route to Hinglaj.
Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from May to August 1840. Edited by the Secretary. Volume IV.
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Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from May to August 1840. Edited by the Secretary. Volume IV. Publication details: Calcutta: Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, 1840. Two ancient grants in Sanskrit: pages 138-141 (first sequence).
