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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 23570 Name Theodosius, astronomer and mathematician of Bithynia, c 160-c 100 BC

1. Add MS 23570, ff 30r-62r

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Add MS 23570, ff 30r-62r
Title:
Kitāb al-ukar كتاب الأكر Theodosius ثاوذوسيوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De sphaericis (كتاب الأكر) by Theodosius of Bithynia (ثاودوسيوس; Θεοδοìσιος; c 160-c 100 BC). The preface (f. 1v, lines 3-5, transcribed below) states that it was translated from Greek into Arabic by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; ca 820-912), up to Chapter 3, figure 5, at t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá II 1014
Extent:

Ff. 30r-62r

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

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Add MS 23570, ff 70r-75r
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

3. Add MS 23570, ff 76r-82r

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Add MS 23570, ff 76r-82r
Title:
Kitāb Thāwudhūsīyus fī al-masākin كتاب ثاوذوسيوس في المساكن Theodosius ثاودوسيوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De habitationibus (Περὶ οἰκήσεων; كتاب المساكن), a work on astronomy by Theodosius of Bithynia (ثاودوسيوس; Θεοδοìσιος; c 160-c 100 BC), translated from the Greek by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; c 820-912). The text contains twelve diagrams. The copy was completed at Yazd ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Rajab 1014
Extent:

Ff. 76r-82r