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61. IO Islamic 1249

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249
Title:
Arabic versions of seven Greek treatises on mathematics edited by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
First part of a collection of Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) editions (تحارير) of the so-called intermediate books (متوسطات), Arabic versions of ancient Greek mathematical texts and responses to them which were meant to be read after Euclid...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

Codex; ff. viii+240+viii

62. IO Islamic 1249, ff 1v-35r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249, ff 1v-35r
Title:
تحرير كتاب المعطيات لأقليدس Taḥrīr kitāb al-mu‘tīyāt li-Uqlīdis Euclid أقليدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Data (Δεδομένα; كتاب المعطيات) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC). The text was translated by Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (إسحق بن حنين; d. ca 910), revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرة; d. 901) and is presented here in the edition (تحرير) o...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 1v-35r

63. IO Islamic 1249, ff 36v-56r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249, ff 36v-56r
Title:
تحرير المناظر لأقليدس Taḥrīr al-manāẓir li-Uqlīdis Euclid أقليدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Optica (المناظر) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC) presented here in the edition (تحرير) of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (d. 1274). The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 56r) following the text. Begins (ff. 36v, lines 2-4): تحرير ال...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 36v-56r

64. IO Islamic 1249, ff 57v-86r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249, ff 57v-86r
Title:
كتاب ظاهرات الفلك لأقليدس Kitāb Ẓāhirāt al-falak li-Uqlīdis Euclid أقليدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Phaenomena (Φαινόμενα; ظاهرات الفلك) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC) presented here in the edition of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (d. 1274). The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 86r) following the text. Begins (f. 57v, lines 2-4)...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 57v-86r

65. IO Islamic 1249, ff 87v-110r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249, ff 87v-110r
Title:
كتاب أوطولوقس في الطلوع والغروب Kitāb Awtūlūqūs fī al-ṭulūʿ wa-al-ghurūb Autolycus أوطولوقس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De ortibus et occasibus (Περὶ ἐπιτολῶν καὶ δύσεων; في الطلوع والغروب [f. 87v, line 2, transcribed below] or في الطلوعات والغروبات [f. f. 109r, line 10, transcribed below]) by the astronomer, mathematician and geographer Autolycus of Pitane (Αὐτόλυκος ὁ Πιταναῖος; أوطول...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 87v-110r

66. IO Islamic 1249, ff 111v-116r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249, ff 111v-116r
Title:
كتاب إسقلاوس في المطالع Kitāb Isqilawus fī maṭāli‘ Hypsicles إبسقلاوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Anaphoricus (Ἀναφορικός; في المطالع) by the astronomer and mathematician Hypsicles of Alexandria (Ὑψικλῆς; إبسقلاوس [here written إسقلاوس and إيسقلاوس]; first half of 2nd century BC), translated from the Greek by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; d. ca 912), revised by al-Kindī...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 111v-116r

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

69. IO Islamic 1270

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270
Title:
Compendium of texts on mathematics and optics mostly by Alhazen (ابن الهيثم)
Scope & Content:
Collection of twenty-one treatises on mathematics, optics and related subjects. Contents: (1) Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرّة), Kitāb fī sanat al-shams bil-irṣād (كتاب في سنة الشمس بالإرصاد) (ff. 1v-9v); (2) Abū Naṣr ibn ‘Irāq (أبو نصر بن عراق), Istikhrāj mā bayna al-markaz min al-Majisṭī al-sh...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. iii+123+v

70. IO Islamic 1270, f 10r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, f 10r
Title:
Istikhrāj mā bayna al-markaz min al-Majisṭī al-shāhī استخراج ما بين المركز من المجسطي الشاهي Abū Naṣr ibn ‘Irāq أبو نصر بن عراق
Scope & Content:
Short text on geometry by Abū Naṣr Manṣūr ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Irāq (أبو نصر منصور بن علي بن عراق; d. 1036) extracted from his lost astronomical work the al-Majisṭī al-shāhī (المجسطي الشاهي). The text contains one diagram. Begins (f. 10v, line 3): دائرة أب للفلك الخارج المركز وقطر أب
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

F. 10r