MS. Marsh 396 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

2 works by 2 authors on the subject of Astronomy

1. fols. 1-I88
Author: Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449
Title: Zīj-i jadīd-i sulṭānī
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 213
[Ethé 1516]
2. fols. 190-374v
Author: Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, d. 1474 or 5 al-Qawshajī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn
Title: Sullam al-samāʼ

A commentary on the Zīj-i jadīd-i sulṭānī of Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449

Brock. says “pers Cmt.” on Kāshīʼs R. al-kamālīyah or Sullam al-samāʼ and refers to Suter 178.

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 211
[Ethé 1519]

Physical Description

Form: codex
188 fols. 185 fols.

History

Origin: 1487 CE 1488 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Mathematici in folio, no. 27].

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

Record Sources

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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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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