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7431. Or 5408, ff 115v-133r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5408, ff 115v-133r
Title:
Nuzhat al-ḥussāb fī ‘ilm al-ḥisāb نزهة الحُسّاب في علم الحِساب Ibn al-Hāʾim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ابن الهائم، أحمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Abridgement of a treatise also by the author, Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ha’im al-Maqdisī al-Faraḍī (شهاب الدين أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن الهائم المقدسي الفرضي, d. 1412), entitled al-Murshidah fī ṣinā‘at al-ghubār (المرشدة في صناعة الغبار) on arithmetic and ḥisāb al-g...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1070
Extent:

Ff. 115v-133r

7432. Or 5408, ff 133v-137v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5408, ff 133v-137v
Title:
Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-rubʿ al-marsūm bi-al-qanṭarāt رسالة في العمل بالربع المرسوم بالقنطرات
Scope & Content:
Anonymous treatise on the use of the astrolabe quadrant. This short manual was written for beginners and consists of an introduction and ten chapters (faṣl). The copy was completed on 22 Jumādá I 1070/4 February 1660 by the scribe ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Zayn al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī (علي بن...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
22 Jumādá I 1070
Extent:

Ff. 133v-137v

7433. Or 5408, ff 138r-147r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5408, ff 138r-147r
Title:
Hidāyat al-sāʾil ilá al-rubʿ al-kāmil هداية السائل إلى الربع الكامل Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad سبط المارديني، بدر الدين محمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Treatise, also known under the title Hidāyat al-ʿāmil ilá al-rubʿ al-kāmil (هداية العامل إلى الربع الكامل) on the workings of the quadrant, consisting of an introduction and fifteen chapters (bābs). The copy was completed on 24 Jumādá I 1070/6 February 1660 (see colophon, f. 138v, lines 14-16, ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
24 Jumādá I 1070
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Ff. 138r-147r

7434. Or 5408, ff 147v-165v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5408, ff 147v-165v
Title:
al-Nujūm al-zāhirāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt النجوم الزاهرات في العمل بربع المقنطرات Wafāʿī, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Muḥammad وفائي، عبد العزيز بن محمد
Scope & Content:
A short treatise in 25 bābs on the astrolabe quadrant, written by ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Muḥammad al-Wafāʿī (عبد العزيز بن محمد الوفائي, active 15th century) in 843/1439 and based on the works of the muwaqqits (official timekeepers) Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd Allāh al-Māridīnī (جمال الدين عبد الله المارديني, ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1070
Extent:

Ff. 147v-165v

7435. Or 5479, ff 2r-36v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479, ff 2r-36v
Title:
Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-aṣṭurlāb رسالة في العمل بالأصطرلاب Abū al-Ṣalt, Umayyah ibn ‘Abd al-Azīz أبو الصلت، أميّة بن عبد العزيز
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the use of the astrolabe by the Andalusian polymath Abū al-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn Abī al-Ṣalt al-Dānī al-Andalusī (أبو الصلت أميّة بن عبد العزيز بن أبي الصلت الداني الأندلسي, d. 1134). The treatise is divided into 90 short chapters (أبواب). There is a table of yearly loc...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Ff. 2r-36v

7436. Or 5479, ff 37v-85r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479, ff 37v-85r
Title:
al-Kāmil fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb al-shimālī wa-al-junūbī wa-‘ilalihumā bi-l-handasah wa-al-ḥisab الكامل في صنعة الأسطرلاب الشمالي والجنوبي وعللهما بالهندسة والحساب Farghānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr فرغاني، أحمد بن محمد بن كثير
Scope & Content:
Earliest known Arabic treatise on the construction of the astrolabe, by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Farghānī (أحمد بن محمد الفرغاني; fl. ca 820-860). This manuscript was erroneously dated to the 12th/19th century by Lorch (Al-Farghānī On the Astrolabe [Munich: Franz Steiner, 2005], p. 17) perhaps on t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Ff. 37v-85r

7437. Or 5479, ff 86r-104v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479, ff 86r-104v
Title:
Kitāb ‘aṣāh al-Ṭūsī wa-hūwa al-asṭurlāb al-khaṭṭī كتاب عصاة الطوسي وهو الأسطرلاب الخطّي
Scope & Content:
Anonymous treatise on the construction and use of the linear astrolabe (أسطرلاب خطّي), an instrument also known as 'al-Ṭūsī's Rod' (عصاة الطوسي), named after its inventor Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (شرف الدين المظفر بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1213). The comprehensive guide to practi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Ff. 86r-104v

7438. Or 5479, ff 105r-107v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479, ff 105r-107v
Title:
al-‘Amal bi-al-ṣafīḥah al-jāmi‘ah al-ma‘rūfah bi-al-āfāqīyah العمل بالصفيحة الجامعة المعروفة بالآفاقية Asṭurlābī, ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsá أسطرلابي، علي بن عيسى
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the use of the horizon plate (الآفاقية) by ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsá al-Asṭurlābī (علي بن عيسى الأسطرلابي; fl. 829-833). Text is defective at the end. Begins (f. 105r, lines 3-6): ... أوّل ذلك معرفة الميل إذا أردت ذلك ومعرفة الميل فهذه الصفيحة فاقلب الصفيحة وانظر الدرجة التي تريد ميلها فإن ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Ff. 105r-107v

7439. Or 5479, ff 108v-113r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479, ff 108v-113r
Title:
Fihrist kutub Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī al-mutaṭabbib wa-aghrāḍiha فهرست كتب محمد بن زكريا الرازي المتطبب وأغراضها
Scope & Content:
Unattributed bibliography of 173 texts by the physician and philosopher Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا الرأزي; d. ca 925) with brief synopses of their contents. The bibliography differs from that produced by Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (أبو الريحان م...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Ff. 108v-113r

7440. Or 5591, f 161v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, f 161v
Title:
Faṣl fī al-qirānāt فصل في القرانات
Scope & Content:
Short section listing six types of conjunction. 　 Begins (f. 161v, lines 1-4): ... والأمور الدالة على التغيرات في هذا العالم من القرانات وغيرها ستة أعظمها قران زحل والمشتري في برج الحمل وذلك يكون في كل تسسع مائة وستين سسنة ... Ends (f. 161v, lines 10-12): والخامس نزول النير الأعظم نقطة ا...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

F. 161v

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