MS. Marsh 578 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Calendars, Astronomy, and Arithmetic

1. fols. 1v-10r
Author: Ṣāliḥī, Zayn al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān
Title: al-Durr al-naẓīm fī tashīl al-taqwīm

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
Author: Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449
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
Author: Nīsābūrī, Niẓām al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad, d. 1328 or 9
Title: al-Risālah al-shamsīyah fī al-ḥisāb

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
Author: Anonymous
Title: Table of the motions of the sun, moon and planets
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

JISC

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