MS. Marsh 453 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Geography and Mathematics

1. ff. 1r-115v
Author: Abū al-Fidāʼ Ismāʻīl ibn ʻAlī, 1273-1331
Title: Taqwīm al-buldān

A fragment only, in a European transcript

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 46
[UAM. 939 (1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 602]
2. ff. 168r-190r
Author: Apollonius, of Perga
Title: Kitāb al-Makhrūṭāt

The propositions only, from bks. 5-7. ?transcribed from MS. Marsh 667

ff. 167, 191, 192 are blank

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 217
[UAM. 939 (4), with corrig. Nicoll p. 602]

Physical Description

Form: codex
115 ff. 23 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

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.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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