MS. Marsh 144 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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1 copy of Kitāb Ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābitah by Ṣūfī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar, 903-986
Title: كتاب صور الكواكب الثابتةIncipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قال عبد الرحمن بن عمر المعروف بابي الحسين الصوفي بعد ان حمد الله واثنى عليه وصلى على رسوله المصطفى وآله اني رايتُ كثيراً من الناس يخوضون في طلب معرفة الكواكب الثابتة ومواقعها من الفلك وصورهاColophon: تم الكتاب والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على نبيه محمد وآله وسلم تسليماً كتبه وصوره الحسين بن عبد الرحمن بن عمر بن محمد في سنة اربع مائةLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
GAL I 223[UAM. 926, with corrig. Nicoll p. 602; revd. by Beeston]Physical Description
Form: codexHistory
Origin: 400 AH; *1009 [probably by the authorʼs son, with pp. 1-11 supplied c. 14th cent. and parts of pp. 416-19 in 16th cent.]. pp. v d. 419 [Uri 209 ff.] CEProvenance and Acquisition
The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Mathematici in folio, no. 21].
The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.
The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.
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