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Subject Spherical astronomy -- Early works to 1800

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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 62r-69v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 23570, ff 62r-69v
Title:
Kitāb al-kurrah al-mutaḥarrika كتاب الكرة المتحركة Autolycus أوطولوقس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De sphaera quae movertur (Περὶ κινουμένης σφαίρας; كتاب الكرة المتحركة) by the astronomer, mathematician and geographer Autolycus of Pitane (Αὐτόλυκος ὁ Πιταναῖος; أوطولوقس; fl. 300 BC), translation from the Greek revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرة; d. 901). Although...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá II 1014
Extent:

Ff. 62r-69v

3. IO Islamic 1249, ff 57v-86r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249, ff 57v-86r
Title:
كتاب ظاهرات الفلك لأقليدس Kitāb Ẓāhirāt al-falak li-Uqlīdis Euclid أقليدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Phaenomena (Φαινόμενα; ظاهرات الفلك) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC) presented here in the edition of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (d. 1274). The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 86r) following the text. Begins (f. 57v, lines 2-4)...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 57v-86r

4. 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