MS. Laud Or. 313 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 8 works by 6 authors on the subjects of Astronomical instruments, Astronomy, Cosmography, Arithmetic, Calendars, and Astrolabes
1. ff. 1v-9r
On the quadrant
*This item is nevertheless Arabic.
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 393
Uri Pers. 73 (1)*, with corrig. Nicoll p. 618
2. ff. 10v-15v and 73r-74v
Title: Jām-i gītī′numā
Title: جام گیتی نما
Also attributed to Dashtakī Shīrāzī, Ghiyāth al-Dīn Manṣūr, 1461-1542">
دشتكي شيرازي، غياث الدين منصور
Language(s): Persian
References
GAL II 210
Ethé 414, with corrig. Beeston p. 101
3. ff. 17-72v, 16
Title: Sharḥ-i Mulakhkhaṣ
Title: شرح ملخّص
Persian commentary on al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah of Jighmīnī, Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad, d. 1221?
Language(s): Arabic, Persian
References
GAL I 473
Ethé 1524
4. ff. 115v-138r
Title: Risālah dar ʻilm-i ḥisāb
Title: رساله در علم حساب
Language(s): Persian
References
GAL II 235
Uri Pers. 73 (7)
Ethé 1533
5. ff. 139-163b
Title: Risālah dar ʻilm-i hayʼat
Title: رساله در علم هیئة
Not mentioned by Brockelmann
Language(s): Persian
References
GAL II 235
Ethé 1536
6. ff. 174v-186r
Title: Bīst bāb dar taqwīm
Title: مختصر در معرفت تقويم
Title: بيست باب در تقويم
Language(s): Persian
References
GAL II 413
Uri Pers. 73 (10)
Ethé 1540
8. ff. 201v-237v
Title: Risālah-ʼi hayʼat
Title: رسالۀ هيئة
Language(s): Persian
References
GAL II 413
Uri Pers. 73 (12)
Ethé 1541
Physical Description
Form: codex
9 ff. 8 fols. 57 ff. 24 ff. 25 ff. 13 ff. 13 ff. 37 ff.
History
Origin: n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
Provenance and Acquisition
The Library of Archbishop William Laud, d. 1645.
Donated to the Bodleian Library by Archbishop William Laud, between 1635-41.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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