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Delhi Arabic 1926
- Record Id:
- 032-002561016
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002561016
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022547806.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023385118.0x000002
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Arabic 1926
- Title:
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Kitāb al-ukar كتاب الأكر
Theodosius ثاودوسيوس
- Scope & Content:
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Arabic version of the De sphaericis (كتاب الأكر) by Theodosius of Bithynia (ثاودوسيوس; Θεοδόσιος; 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; c 820-912), up to Chapter 3, figure 5, at the order of Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad (أبو العباس أحمد) son of the caliph al-Mu‘taṣim bi-llāh (المعتصم بالله; reg. 833-842), that the rest was translated by another, and that the translation was corrected by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت ابن قرة; d. 901).
The text is divided into three chapters (مقالات):
- Chapter One (المقالة الأولى ; ff. 1v-8r);
- Chapter Two (المقالة الثانية ; ff. 8r-20v);
- Chapter Three (المقالة الثالثة ; ff. 20v-33r).
Numerous diagrams.
Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-6):
هذا كتاب الأكر لثاودوسيوس وهو ثلث مقالات وتسعة وخمسون شكلًا
وفي بعض النسخ بنقصان شكل في العدد وقد أمر بنقله من اليونانية إلى العربية
أبو العباس أحمد بن المعتصم بالله فتولى نقله قسطا بن لوقا البعلبكي إلى الشكل
الخامس من المقالة الثالثة ثم تولى باقيه غيره وأصلحه ثابت بن قرة المقالة
الأولى اثنان وعشرون شكلًا الحدود الكرة شكل يحيط به سطح واحد في داخله نقطة
Ends (fol. 33r, lines 11-13):
نصف دائرة س يح لا يمقي نصف اح ل فيكون قوس ص ح شبيهة
بقوس ك ل فقوس ه ح أعظم من قوس من دائرتهما شبه قوس
ه ر وذلك ما أردناه ...
Colophon (fol. 33r, line 13):
... تمت المقالة وبتمامها تم كتاب الأكر لثاودوسيوس
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002561016
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002561016
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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Codex; ff. iii+34+ii
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100022547806.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper
Dimensions: 177 x 113 mm leaf [117 x 60 mm written]
Foliation: Western Arabic numerals stamped in black ink
Ruling: Misṭarah; 17 lines per page; vertical spacing 14 lines per 10 cm
Script: Nasta‘līq
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in red
Decoration: Numerous diagrams, some spaces for them left blank
Binding: Western-style binding, with mottled red paper-covered boards
Condition: Spine cracked, wormholes, water damage to tops of leaves and most have been replaced
Marginalia: Very few
Seals: ff. 1r and 33v
- Custodial History:
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The Government of India, Delhi MSS, its seal (ff. 1r and 33v)
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
- Administrative Context:
- India?
- Finding Aids:
- Unpublished catalogue of the Delhi Arabic collection
- Publications:
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Edition:
- Theodosius, Sphaerica: Arabic and medieval Latin translations, Paul Kunitzsch and Richard Lorch, eds (Stuttgart: Steiner, 2010)
Edition of original Greek text:
- Theodosius, Sphaerica, J.L. Heiberg, ed. (Berlin: Weidmannsche, 1927)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)