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1. Add MS 7473, ff 81v-102v

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Title:
Kitāb fī al-hay’ah al-musammá al-iqtiṣāṣ كتاب في الهيئة المسمى بالاقتصاص Ptolemy بطلميوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic translation of the Planetary Hypotheses (Ὑποθέσεις τῶν πλανωμένων, كتاب الاقتصاص) of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168). The work is divided into two books: Book One (المقالة الأولى, ff. 81v-92v); Book Two (المقالة الثانية, ff. ). The original Greek text of Book Two is lost. B...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
639
Extent:

Ff. 81v-102v

2. Add MS 7473, ff 103r-107v

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Add MS 7473, ff 103r-107v
Title:
Kitāb al-‘aml bil-ṣafīḥah al-zījīyah كتاب العمل بالصفيحة الزيجية Zarqālī, Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyá زرقالي، إبرهيم بن يحيى
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the use of the astronomical instrument known as the equitorium by Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyá al-Ṭulayṭilī al-Zarqālī (أبو إسحق إبرهيم بن يحيى الطليطلي الزرقالي; d. 1100), called here Ibn al-Zarqīlah (ابن الزرقيله), also known as Walad al-Zarqīyāl (ولد الزرقيال), Ibn al-Zarqālluh (اب...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
639
Extent:

Ff. 103r-107v

3. Add MS 7473, ff 108r-113r

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Add MS 7473, ff 108r-113r
Title:
Kitāb fī ḥisāb ru’yat al-ahillah كتاب في حساب رؤية الأهلّة Thābit ibn Qurrah ثابت بن قرّة
Scope & Content:
Astronomical treatise on calcualating the appearance of the new moon by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت ابن قرة; d. 901). Contents: Begins (f. 108r, lines 4-6): قال ثابت قوم الشمس لوقت مغيبها من اليوم الذي تريد أن تعلم إن كان الهلال يرى فيه إذا كان قد جاوز الاجتماع تقويمًا تعرف به موضتها بالتقريب إذ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
639
Extent:

Ff. 108r-113r

4. Add MS 7474

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Title:
Kitāb al-Majisṭī كتاب المجسطي Ptolemy بطلميوس
Scope & Content:
Books One to Six of the Almagest (كتاب المجسطي), an Arabic version of the Μαθηματικῆς σύνταξις of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168), thought to have been translated by al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar (786-830). This was the most influential and enduring astronomical text to have survived f...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
686
Extent:
Codex; ff. i+183+ii

5. Add MS 7475

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Title:
Kitāb Baṭlamyūs fī al-ta‘līm al-ma‘rūf bi-l-Majisṭī naqala Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn كتاب بطلميوس في التعليم المعروف بالمجسطي نقل إسحق بن حنين Ptolemy بطلميوس
Scope & Content:
Books Seven to Thirteen of the Almagest (كتاب المجسطي), an Arabic version of the Μαθηματικῆς σύνταξις of of Ptolemy (بطلميوس, Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168). The book title on f. 199v names the translator as Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (d. c 910), the son of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (d. 873). This manuscript cal...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
615
Extent:
Codex; ff. iii+239+iii

6. Add MS 7476

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Title:
Sharḥ sharḥ al-Majisṭī شرح شرح المجسطي Nīsāpūrī, al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad نيسابوري، الحسن بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Supercommentary by al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn Niẓām al-Dīn al-Aʿraj al-Nīsābūrī (الحسن بن محمد بن الحسين نظام الدين الأعرج النيسابوري; d. 1328 or 9) on Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) Taḥrīr kitāb al-Majisṭī (تحرير كتاب المجسطي), an...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+343+ii

7. Add MS 7482

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Title:
Nihāyat al-idrāk fī dirāyat al-aflāk نهاية الإدراك في دراية الأفلاك Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī, Maḥmūd ibn Mas‘ūdقطب الدين الشيرازي، محمود بن مسعود
Scope & Content:
A text on astronomy and the orbits of the heavenly bodies, by Quṭb al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Mas‘ūd al-Shīrāzī (قطب الدين محمود بن مسعود الشيرازي; c 1236-1310), comprising a commentary on the Kitāb al-tadhkirah fī al-hay’ah (كتاب التذكرة في الهيئة) by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الد...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17 Rabī‘ II 872
Extent:
Codex; ff. ii+148+iii

8. Add MS 23393

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Title:
al-Tuḥfah al-shāhīyah fī al-hayʾah التحفة الشاهية في الهيئة Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī, Maḥmūd ibn Masʿūd قطب الدين الشيرازي، محمود بن مسعود
Scope & Content:
Commentary by Quṭb al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Mas‘ūd al-Shīrāzī (قطب الدين محمود بن مسعود الشيرازي; c 1236-1310) on the Kitāb al-tadhkirah fī al-hay’ah (كتاب التذكرة في الهيئة; see British Library, MS Or. 11209) a treatise on the astronomical system presented in the Almagest of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemae...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
22 Ramaḍān 737
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+177+iii

9. Add MS 23397

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Title:
Three astronomical commentaries
Scope & Content:
Collection of three astronomical commentaries from the 14th and 15th centuries. A bibliographical note in English appears on f. 1r, and ff. 2r-3r contain astronomical notes and diagrams. A number of related notes on scraps of paper have been bound into the volume. Contents: (1) al-Jurjānī, ʿ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
822-828
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+364+iii

10. IO Islamic 1270, f 10r

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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