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11. Add MS 23570, ff 76r-82r

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Title:
Kitāb Thāwudhūsīyus fī al-masākin كتاب ثاوذوسيوس في المساكن Theodosius ثاودوسيوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De habitationibus (Περὶ οἰκήσεων; كتاب المساكن), a work on astronomy by Theodosius of Bithynia (ثاودوسيوس; Θεοδοìσιος; c 160-c 100 BC), translated from the Greek by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; c 820-912). The text contains twelve diagrams. The copy was completed at Yazd ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Rajab 1014
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Ff. 76r-82r

12. Add MS 23570, ff 83v-85r

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Title:
Two short texts on astronomy
Scope & Content:
Two excerpts from texts on astronomy with comments. The first (ff. 83v-84v) is from a commentary on Ptolemy's (بطلميوس, Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168) Almagest (كتاب المجسطي), and relates to the question of the use of the term 'widest (أوسع)' in relation to figures of circles; it contains one ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1605-1610
Extent:

Ff. 83v-85r

13. Add MS 23570, ff 86v-117r

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Add MS 23570, ff 86v-117r
Title:
Short mathematical texts, notes and diagrams in Arabic and Persian
Scope & Content:
Notable contents include: Commentary on Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) edition of Euclid's (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC) Elements (الأصول) (ff. 86v-88r); Text by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
1605-1610
Extent:

Ff. 86v-117r

14. Add MS 23570, ff 117v-133v

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Add MS 23570, ff 117v-133v
Title:
Fawā’id al-Jamālī fī uṣūl al-handasah فوائد الجمالي في أصول الهندسة Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn Ashraf سمرقندي، محمد بن أشرف
Scope & Content:
Persian translation of a treatise on geometry, the Ashkāl al-ta’sīs (أشكال التأسيس) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ashraf al-Ḥusaynī al-Samarqandī (شمس الدين محمد بن أشرف الحسيني السمرقندي, d. 1302; see f. 118v, line 7). The translation was made by Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Qiwām al-Qāḍ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
1605-1610
Extent:

Ff. 117v-133v