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Subject Astronomy, Arab

21. Or 5767

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5767
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
A substantial fragment of a compendium of knowledge, imperfect at the beginning and at the end, consisting of the following sections : ff 1r-99v : A text on medicine, giving the medicinal properties of various substances. Seven maqalat divided into fasl are left of the complete text, with the ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:

Codex, 125 ff

22. Or 12736

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12736
Title:
Mecmua - مجموعه
Scope & Content:
Six tracts by various authors on the use of the quadrant in making astronomical observations and the circles attached thereto, all entitled Risale-i Rub'i daire, behcetü'l-mukantarat. (1) (2v-10v) Anonymous tract that includes a small diagram of the various quadrants on 8v. (2) (11r-22r) A t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1290
Extent:
1 codex, 117 ff

23. Royal MS 16 A VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 A VIII
Title:
Taḥrīr kitāb al-majisṭī تحرير كتاب المجسطي Ptolemy بطلميوس Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
The Almagest (كتاب المجسطي), an Arabic version of the Μαθηματικῆς σύνταξις of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168), in the annotated edition (تحرير) of Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274). This was the most influential and enduring astronomic...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th-16th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. iv+192+iv