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11. IO Islamic 923, ff 52v-69r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 923, ff 52v-69r
Title:
Fī jirmay al-nayyirayn wa-bu‘dayhimma في جرمي النيرين وبعديهما Aristarchus أرسطرخس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De magnitudinibus et distantiis solis et lunae (περὶ μεγεθῶν καὶ ἀποστημάτων ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης; في جرمي النيرين وبعديهما) by Aristarchus of Samos (أرسطرخس, Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σάμιος, ca 310-ca 230 BC). The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 69r) following the text. At th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13 Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 52v-69r

12. 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

13. 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

14. IO Islamic 1270, f 120r-120v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, f 120r-120v
Title:
Mas’alah fī ikhtilāf manẓar al-qamr مسئلة في اختلاف منظر القمر Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Scope & Content:
Treatise on lunar parallax 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. 120r, line 3): إذا كان ارتفاع القمر أقر من ثلثين درجة ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

F. 120r-120v

15. IO Islamic 1270, ff 1v-9v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, ff 1v-9v
Title:
Kitāb fī sanat al-shams bil-irṣād كتاب في سنة الشمس بالإرصاد Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني
Scope & Content:
Astronomical treatise on the solar year by Abū al-Ḥasan Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī (أبو الحسن ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني; d. 901). The treatise contains eleven diagrams. The first leaf is mutilated. Begins (f. 1v, lines 4-5): إن الأوائل قد اختلفوا في سنة الشمس ولم يكن اختلافهم في مقدمين زمانها ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Ff. 1v-9v

16. IO Islamic 1270, ff 10v-12r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, ff 10v-12r
Title:
Qawl fī aḍwā’ al-kawākib قول في أضواء الكواكب Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Scope & Content:
Treatise on star light 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. 10v, line 3): قد يظن قوم من المتفلسفين أن أضواء الكواكب مكتسبة من ضوء الشمس ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Ff. 10v-12r

17. IO Islamic 1270, ff 79r-86v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, ff 79r-86v
Title:
Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf مقالة في صورة الكسوف Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the observation of solar eclipses through a camera obscura by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040). The text contains four diagrams. Begins (f. 79r, lines 3-4): قد يوجد صورة ضوء الشمس في وقت كسوفها إذا خرج ضوئها من ث...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Ff. 79r-86v

18. IO Islamic 1270, ff 101r-116v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, ff 101r-116v
Title:
Qawl fī hay’at al-‘ālam قول في هيئة العالم Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Scope & Content:
Treatise on cosmology by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040). The text is followed by a note that the scribe claims he found appended to this text in his exemplar, which was written by the hand of the author (f. 116r) Begins (f....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Ff. 101r-116v

19. Or 1997

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1997
Title:
al-Qanūn al-Masʿūdī القانون المسعودي Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad بيروني، محمد بن أحمد
Scope & Content:
An early and complete copy of the comprehensive astronomical work, or Canon, by Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (أبو الريحان محمد بن أحمد البيروني, ca 973-1048). The al-Qanūn al-Masʿūdī was dedicated to Sultan Mas‘ūd of Ghaznī (reg. 1030-1040), and summarises the astronomy of the Alma...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Rabī‘ I 570
Extent:

Codex; ff. iii+262+iii

20. Or 5323

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5323
Title:
Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābitah كتاب صور الكواكب الثابتة Ṣūfī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar صوفى، عبد الرحمن ابن عمر
Scope & Content:
An illustrated description by ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (عبد الرحمن الصوفي; d. 986) of the 48 classical constellations discussed by Ptolemy in his Almagest. The text contains labelled illustrations of the 48 constellations as viewed on a celestial globe and as viewed in the sky, along with supporti...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1260-1280
Extent:
Codex; ff. iii+86+ii