MS. Laud Or. 313 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Summary of Contents: 8 works by 6 authors on the subjects of Astronomical instruments, Astronomy, Cosmography, Arithmetic, Calendars, and Astrolabes
1. ff. 1v-9r
Author: Ḥaṭṭāb, Yaḥyá ibn Muḥammad, 1496 or 7-1586 or 7 الحطاب، يحيى بن محمد، 902-995 هـ
Title: Kitāb al-Adhkār fī aḥkām al-sanah wa-al-ikhtiyār
Title: كتاب الأذكار في أحكام السنة والاختيار

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
Author: Qāḍī Mīr, Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn, d. 1504 or 5 قاضي مير، حسين بن معين الدين، ت. 910 هـ
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
no. 414
3. ff. 17-72v, 16
Author: Khwārizmī, Ḥusayn ibn al-Ḥasan, d. 1435 حسين بن الحسيني الخوارزمي
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
no. 1524
4. ff. 115v-138r
Author: Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, d. 1474 or 5 al-Qawshajī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn القوشجي، علي بن محمد، ت. 879 هـ
Title: Risālah dar ʻilm-i ḥisāb
Title: رساله در علم حساب
Language(s): Persian

References

GAL II 235
Uri Pers. 73 (7)
Ethé 1533
no. 1533
5. ff. 139-163b
Author: Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, d. 1474 or 5 al-Qawshajī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn القوشجي، علي بن محمد، ت. 879 هـ
Title: Risālah dar ʻilm-i hayʼat
Title: رساله در علم هیئة

Not mentioned by Brockelmann

Language(s): Persian

References

GAL II 235
Ethé 1536
no. 1536
6. ff. 174v-186r
Author: Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 16th cent. البرجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد، ق. 10 هـ
Title: Mukhtaṣar dar maʻrifat-i taqwīm
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
no. 1540
7. ff. 187v-199v
Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 النصير الطوسي، محمد بن محمد، 597-672 هـ
Title: Bīst bāb [dar maʻrifat-i Asṭurlāb]
Title: Sukhun dar maʻrifat-i Asṭurlāb
Title: كتاب بيست باب در معرفت اسطرلاب
Title: سخن در معرفت اسطرلاب
Language(s): Persian

References

GAL I 512
Ethe 1505
no. 1505
8. ff. 201v-237v
Author: Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 16th cent. البرجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد، ق. 10 هـ
Title: Risālah-ʼi hayʼat
Title: رسالۀ هيئة
Language(s): Persian

References

GAL II 413
Uri Pers. 73 (12)
Ethé 1541
no. 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.

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Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

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JISC

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