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Subject Islamic astronomy

141. 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:

Codex; ff. iii+262+iii

142. Or 2411

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2411
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 and an astrolabe quadrant (ربع المقنطرات)
Scope & Content:
Box containing one manuscript volume and one astronomical instrument. Contents: (1) Sibṭ al-Māridīnī (سبط المارديني), Ḥāwī al-mukhtaṣarāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt (حاوي المختسرات في العمل بربع المقنطرات); (2) Astrolabe quadrant (ربع المقنطرات).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century-19th century
Extent:

1 codex and 1 astronomical instrument

143. Or 2411/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2411/2
Title:
Quadrant ربع
Scope & Content:
Quadrant (رُبْع), comprising an astrolabe quadrant (ربع المُقَنْطَرَات, Side A), and a sine quadrant (ربع المُجَيَّب, Side B). The quadrant is signed by its maker, Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Sharbatlī (أحمد ابن إبراهيم الشربتلي, Side A), and dated 1256/1840-1 (Side B).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1256
Extent:

Instrument

144. Or 5572

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5572
Title:
1 copy of Zīj-i Īlkhānī by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1400-1499
Extent:
145 ff

145. Or 6283

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6283
Title:
1 copy of Risālah-’i Aḥkam al-A‘vām by ‘Alī Shāh ibn Muḥammad Qāsim al-Khvārazmī
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1800-1899
Extent:
149 ff

146. Or 6443

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6443
Title:
Miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1600-1699
Extent:
251 ff

147. Or 7274

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7274
Title:
[Ahkam ve ihtiyarat] - [احكام و اختيارات]
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a description of the influences of the planets compiled for the reigning Sultan, Mahmud II, by the Reis ül-Müneccimin, Mehmet Sadık, followed by the horoscopes of the Grand Vizier and other important personages of the Ottoman Empire. On f 1v, the day of the vernal equi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1226-1227
Extent:
1 text, 13 ff

148. Or 7346

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7346
Title:
1 copy of Zīj-i Ūlūgh Bīk by Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1700-1799
Extent:
218 ff

149. Or 7347

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7347
Title:
1 copy of Zīj-i Ūlūgh Bīk by Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1665-1666
Extent:
178 ff

150. Or 7464

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7464
Title:
1 copy of Zīj-i Īlkhānī by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1277-1278
Extent:
149 ff

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