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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Or 5479

1. Or 5479

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479
Title:
Four treatises on astrolabes and a bibliography of the works of Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا الرازي)
Scope & Content:
Collection of four early treatises on astrolabes and associated astronomical instruments, bound together with a bibliography of the works of Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا الرازي). A table of contents appears on f. 1v. The scribe (of at least Item 5 [see colopho...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+113+ii

2. Or 5479, ff 2r-36v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479, ff 2r-36v
Title:
Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-aṣṭurlāb رسالة في العمل بالأصطرلاب Abū al-Ṣalt, Umayyah ibn ‘Abd al-Azīz أبو الصلت، أميّة بن عبد العزيز
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the use of the astrolabe by the Andalusian polymath Abū al-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn Abī al-Ṣalt al-Dānī al-Andalusī (أبو الصلت أميّة بن عبد العزيز بن أبي الصلت الداني الأندلسي, d. 1134). The treatise is divided into 90 short chapters (أبواب). There is a table of yearly loc...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Ff. 2r-36v

3. Or 5479, ff 37v-85r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479, ff 37v-85r
Title:
al-Kāmil fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb al-shimālī wa-al-junūbī wa-‘ilalihumā bi-l-handasah wa-al-ḥisab الكامل في صنعة الأسطرلاب الشمالي والجنوبي وعللهما بالهندسة والحساب Farghānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr فرغاني، أحمد بن محمد بن كثير
Scope & Content:
Earliest known Arabic treatise on the construction of the astrolabe, by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Farghānī (أحمد بن محمد الفرغاني; fl. ca 820-860). This manuscript was erroneously dated to the 12th/19th century by Lorch (Al-Farghānī On the Astrolabe [Munich: Franz Steiner, 2005], p. 17) perhaps on t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Ff. 37v-85r

4. Or 5479, ff 86r-104v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479, ff 86r-104v
Title:
Kitāb ‘aṣāh al-Ṭūsī wa-hūwa al-asṭurlāb al-khaṭṭī كتاب عصاة الطوسي وهو الأسطرلاب الخطّي
Scope & Content:
Anonymous treatise on the construction and use of the linear astrolabe (أسطرلاب خطّي), an instrument also known as 'al-Ṭūsī's Rod' (عصاة الطوسي), named after its inventor Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (شرف الدين المظفر بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1213). The comprehensive guide to practi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Ff. 86r-104v

5. Or 5479, ff 105r-107v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479, ff 105r-107v
Title:
al-‘Amal bi-al-ṣafīḥah al-jāmi‘ah al-ma‘rūfah bi-al-āfāqīyah العمل بالصفيحة الجامعة المعروفة بالآفاقية Asṭurlābī, ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsá أسطرلابي، علي بن عيسى
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the use of the horizon plate (الآفاقية) by ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsá al-Asṭurlābī (علي بن عيسى الأسطرلابي; fl. 829-833). Text is defective at the end. Begins (f. 105r, lines 3-6): ... أوّل ذلك معرفة الميل إذا أردت ذلك ومعرفة الميل فهذه الصفيحة فاقلب الصفيحة وانظر الدرجة التي تريد ميلها فإن ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Ff. 105r-107v

6. Or 5479, ff 108v-113r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479, ff 108v-113r
Title:
Fihrist kutub Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī al-mutaṭabbib wa-aghrāḍiha فهرست كتب محمد بن زكريا الرازي المتطبب وأغراضها
Scope & Content:
Unattributed bibliography of 173 texts by the physician and philosopher Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا الرأزي; d. ca 925) with brief synopses of their contents. The bibliography differs from that produced by Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (أبو الريحان م...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Ff. 108v-113r