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41. Add MS 23394

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Add MS 23394
Title:
Kitāb al-tadhkirah fī al-hay’ah كتاب التذكرة في الهيئة Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد and al-Tabṣirah fī ʿilm al-hayʾah التبصرة في علم الهيئة Kharaqī, ʻAbd al-Jabbār ibn ʻAbd al-Jabbār خرقي، عبد الجبار بن عبد الجبار
Scope & Content:
Two treatises on astronomy. Contents: (1) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي) Kitāb al-tadhkirah fī al-hay’ah (كتاب التذكرة في الهيئة; ff. 2r-60v); (2) al-Kharaqī (الخرقي), al-Tabṣirah fī ‘ilm al-hay’ah (التبصرة في علم الهيئة; ff. 61r-110r); The copy was completed in 1107/1695-96 by Muḥammad Riḍā ibn ‘Azīz All...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1107
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+111+iii

42. 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

43. Add MS 23398

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Title:
Sharḥ al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hay’ah شرح الملخص في الهيئة Jurjānī, ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad جرجاني، علي بن محمد and al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī ‘ilm al-hay’ah al-basīṭah الملخص في علم الهيئة البسيطة Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-Jaghmīnī محمود بن محمد الجغميني
Scope & Content:
Contents: (1) al-Jurjānī, ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad (الجرجاني، علي بن محمد), Sharḥ al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʾah (شرح الملخص في الهيئة; ff 2r-65v); (2) al-Jaghmīnī, Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad (الجغميني، محمود بن محمد), al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī ‘ilm al-hay’ah al-basīṭah (الملخص في علم الهيئة البسيطة; ff 66v-86r).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+1+i+85+iii

44. Add MS 23403, ff 106v-118r

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Add MS 23403, ff 106v-118r
Title:
[al-Ishārah ilá ʻilm fasād aḥkām al-nujūm الإشارة إلى علم فساد أحكام النجوم] Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Polemical treatise attacking the false premises of astrology, by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037), ascribed in the present volume the title Risālah fī ibṭāl aḥkām al-nujūm (رسالة في إبطال أحكام النجوم, ff...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1019
Extent:
Ff. 106v-118r

45. Add MS 23403, ff 128r-133r

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Add MS 23403, ff 128r-133r
Title:
[Risālah fī ʿillat qiyām al-arḍ fī ḥayyizihā رسالة في علة قيام الأرض في حيزها] Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
A treatise in ten chapters (فصول), by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037), discussing the causes of the Earth’s remaining in its position in the middle of the heavens. In the introduction, the author states...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1019
Extent:
Ff. 128r-133r

46. Add MS 23569, ff 1v-46r

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Add MS 23569, ff 1v-46r
Title:
Risālah dar ‘ilm-i hay’ah رسالة در علم هيئة Qūshjī, ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad قوشجي، علي بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Popular textbook of astronomy written in Samarqand in 1458 by Abū al-Qāsim ‘Alā’ al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad al-Qūshjī (أبو القاسم علاء الدين علي بن محمد القوشجي; d. 1474). The text contains 22 diagrams in red and black ink (ff. 2r, 2v, 3r, 5r, 11r, 14r, 15v, 17r, 21v, 23r, 26v, 32v, 33r, 34r, 34v...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1646-47
Extent:

Ff. 1v-46r

47. Add MS 23569, ff 46v-56v

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Title:
Tashrīḥ al-aflāk تشريح الأفلاك ‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين
Scope & Content:
Summary of theoretical astronomy (علم الهيئة) by Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين العاملي; d. 1621) in which he argues that the earth rotates around its axis. Contents: Begins (f. 46v, lines 2-5): ربّنا ما خلقت هذا باطلًا سبحانك فقنا عذاب النار واجعلني من ا...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1646-47
Extent:

Ff. 46v-56v

48. Add MS 23569, ff 56v-77r

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Add MS 23569, ff 56v-77r
Title:
Risālah sī faṣl رساله سي فصل Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Treatise on practical astronomy (تقويم) divided into thirty sections (سي فصل) composed in 658/1260 (see Amīn, Mustadrakāt a‘yān al-shī‘ah, p. 233) by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين الطوسي, d. 1274). The full title of the work is Sī faṣl dar ma‘rifat-i taqvīm (سي فصل در معرفت تقويم). The text ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
25 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1055
Extent:

Ff. 56v-77r

49. Add MS 23569, ff 78v-103r

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Add MS 23569, ff 78v-103r
Title:
Bīst bāb dar ma‘rifat asṭurlāb بيست باب در معرفت اسطرلاب Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the use of the astrolabe in twenty chapters (بيست باب) by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين الطوسي, d. 1274). This copy was completed on 29 Dhū al-Qa‘dah 1057/26 December 1647 (see colophon, f. 103r, lines 9-11, transcribed below). Begins (f. 78v, lines 4-6): اين مختصر يست در معرفت...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
29 Dhū al-Qa‘dah 1057
Extent:

Ff. 78v-103r

50. Add MS 23570, ff 70r-75r

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Title:
Kitāb Thāwudhūsīyus fī al-layl wa-al-nahār كتاب ثاوذوسيوس في الليل والنهار Theodosius ثاودوسيوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De diebus et noctibus (Περὶ ἡμερῶν καὶ νυκτῶν; كتاب في الليل والنهار) a work on astronomy by Theodosius of Bithynia (ثاوذوسيوس; Θεοδόσιος; c 160-c 100 BC). The translator is said to be Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (إسحق بن حنين, d. c 910; see f. 70v, line 2, transcribed below), the son...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1605-1610
Extent:

Ff. 70r-75r