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IO Islamic 923
- Record Id:
- 032-002713928
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002713928
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022555137.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023601343.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 923
- Title:
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Arabic (and one Persian) versions of six Greek treatises on mathematics edited by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad
طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
- Scope & Content:
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Second part of a collection of Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) editions (تحارير) of the so-called 'intermediate [books] (متوسطات)', Arabic versions of ancient Greek mathematical and astronomical texts and Arabic responses to them which were meant to be read after Euclid's Elements and in preparation for Ptolemy's Almagest. The first part of this collection is found in manuscript IO Islamic 1249.
The script, ornamentation and binding of the volume indicate that it is part of a set comprising also manuscripts IO Islamic 461, IO Islamic 924 and IO Islamic 1249. Since the latter was transcribed in 1198/1784, probably for Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal from 1772 to 1785 (see front paper ii recto), the collation notes in this manuscript dated to the months of Jumādá I and Sha‘bān without indication of the year probably refer to 1198 (March-April and June-July 1784).
A descriptive title in Persian is found on front paper ii recto, and tables of contents in Persian and English are given on front paper iii recto.
Contents:
- (1) Autolycus (أوطولوقس), De sphaera quae movetur (تحرير كتاب الكرة المتحركة; ff. 1v-10r);
- (2) Theodosius (ثاوذوسيوس), De habitationibus (تحرير كتاب المساكن; ff. 11v-21r);
- (3) Theodosius (ثاوذوسيوس), De diebus et noctibus (كتاب في الأيام والليالي; ff. 23v-51r);
- (4) Aristarchus (أرسطرخس), De magnitudinibus et distantiis solis et lunae (في جرمي النيرين وبعديهما; ff. 52v-69r);
- (5) Euclid (أقليدس), Elements, Book 1 (مقالهٔ اولى از كتاب اقليدس; ff. 71v-95r)
- (6) Euclid (أقليدس), De levi et ponderoso (في الثقل والخفة وقياس الأجرام بعضها إلى بعض; ff. 98v-101r).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- 032-002713928
- Is part of:
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- Contains:
- IO Islamic 923, ff 1v-10r : Taḥrīr kitāb al-kurrah al-mutaḥarrikah تحرير كتاب الكرة المتحركةAutolycus أوطولوقس
IO Islamic 923, ff 11v-21r : Taḥrīr kitāb al-masākin تحرير كتاب المساكنTheodosius ثاودوسيوس
IO Islamic 923, ff 23v-51r : Kitāb Thāwudhūsīyus fī al-ayyām wa-al-layālīكتاب ثاوذوسيوس في الأيام…
IO Islamic 923, ff 52v-69r : Fī jirmay al-nayyirayn wa-bu‘dayhimma في جرمي النيرين وبعديهماAristarchus أرسطرخس
IO Islamic 923, ff 71v-95r : Maqalah-’i avvalī az Kitāb-i Uqlīdas مقالهٔ اولى از كتاب اقليدسEuclid أقليدس
IO Islamic 923, ff 98v-101r : كتاب أقليدس في الثقل والخفة وقياس الأجرام بعضها إلى بعضKitāb Uqlīdas…
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- Record Type (Level):
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Codex; ff. vi+101+iv
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Farsi
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1784
- End Date:
- 1784
- Date Range:
- Jumādá I-Sha‘bān 1198
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- AH
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Material: Paper
Dimensions: 209 x 120 mm leaf [130 x 58 mm written]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil
Ruling: Misṭarah; 12 lines per page; vertical spacing 9 lines per 10 cm
Script: Nasta‘līq
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in red
Decoration: Every opening and every page has a border in gold, black and red ink; the first opening (ff. 1v-2r) is extensively illuminated in gold, red, green and blue
Binding: Hybrid binding with European and Islamic-style features; gilt tooled; leather doublure
Condition: Excellent condition; book block re-sewn, boards reattached and spine replaced
Marginalia: Very few and all appear to be by copyist
Seals: Ff. 1r and 101v
- Custodial History:
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From the library of Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor-General of Bengal (1773-1785) incorporated into the collection of the East India House in 1809.
East India Company Library, its seal (ff. 1r and 101v)
- Source of Acquisition:
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East India Company Library
- Administrative Context:
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India
- Finding Aids:
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Loth, Otto, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office (London : Printed by order of the Secretary of State for India in Council, 1877), Item 744, pp. 217-18
- Publications:
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Study:
- Steinschneider, Moritz, 'Die 'mittleren' Bücher der Araber und ihre Bearbeiter', Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik, Historisch-literärische Abteilung 10 (1865) pp. 456-98
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)