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72. 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:
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Ff. 1v-9v
73. 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
74. 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
75. 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
76. IO Islamic 1514
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 1514
- Title:
- Anonymous treatise on the construction of the astrolabe and Kitāb al-mujmal fī aḥkām al-nujūm كتاب المجمل في أحكام النجوم Kūshyār كوشيار
- Scope & Content:
- Composite volume containing two texts on the manufacture of the astrolabe and on astrology. The first text was copied in the middle of Jumādá I 1056/end of June 1646, while the second was completed on 18 Shawwāl 1061/4 October 1651 by the scribe Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Bīk Munajjim, '...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
- Date Range:
- Jumādá I 1056-18 Shawwāl 1061
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. iii+1+i+31+iii
77. IO Islamic 1715
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 1715
- Title:
- al-Takmilah fī sharḥ al-tadhkirah التكملة في شرح التذكرة Khafrī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad خفري، محمد بن أحمد
- Scope & Content:
- Supercommentary by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Khafrī (شمس الدين محمد بن أحمد الخفري, d. ca 1550) on the Memoir on Astronomy (كتاب التذكرة في الهيئة) by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274). The text is presented as a completion (تكملة) of a...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. i+258+i
78. IO Islamic 4419
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 4419
- Title:
- Mukhtaṣar fī ṣanʿat baʿḍ al-ālāt al-raṣadīyah wa-al-ʿamal bihā مختصر في صنعة بعض الآلات الرصدية والعمل بها Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين and Risālat mukhtaṣarah shāmilah kayfīyat inshāʾ al-jadwal wa-istikhrāj aʿmālihi رسالة مختصرة شاملة كيفية إنشاء الجدول واستخراج أعماله
- Scope & Content:
- Two treatises on the construction and use of astronomical instruments. The manuscript was copied at Hyderabad Deccan in 1066/1656 for Qubād ibn ‘Abd al-Jalīl al-Ḥārithī al-Badakhshī (قباد بن عبد الجليل الحارثي البدخشي, d. 1083/1672-3), later known by the honorific title Diyānat Khān (ديانت خان,...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
- Date Range:
- 18 Ramadan 1066-2 Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1066
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. iii+106+ii
79. 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:
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Codex; ff. iii+262+iii
80. Or 2411/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 2411/1
- Title:
- Ḥāwī al-mukhtaṣarāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt حاوي المختسرات في العمل بربع المقنطرات Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad سبط المارديني، بدر الدين محمد بن محمد
- Scope & Content:
- Treatise on the use of the astrolabe quadrant (ربع المقنطرات) by Badr al-Dīn Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Shāfi‘ī al-Miṣrī al-Dimashqī (بدر الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن محمد بن أحمد الشافعي المصري الدمشقي, b. 1423), known as Sibṭ al-Māridīnī (سبط المارديني), timekeeper (موقّت)...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. i+38+i
