MS. Marsh 578 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection
Contents
4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Calendars, Astronomy, and Arithmetic
1. fols. 1v-10r
Introductory text only, followed by calendar tables for reducing dates in one era to those of another, taken from Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 213
[NAM. 289 (1), revd. by Beeston]
2. ff. 11v-33v
Title: Zīj-i jadīd-i sulṭānī
In the Arabic trans. by Yaḥyá ibn ʻAlī al-Rifāʻī (part only [to end of Maq. 1, bāb 6])
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 213
[NAM. 289 (2), revd. by Beeston]
3. fols. 35v-100v
Lacking end from fann 2, bāb 3, faṣl 2 (middle)
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 200
[NAM. 289 (3), revd. by Beeston]
4. ff. 104v-177v
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Astronomy
[NAM. 289 (4), revd. by Beeston]
Physical Description
Form: codex
10 fols. 23 fols. 66 fols. 74 ff.
History
Origin: 17th cent.? CE 17th cent.? CE 17th cent.? CE 17th cent.? CE
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
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