MS. Marsh 601 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 11 works by 5 authors on the subjects of Astronomy, Natural Ventilation, Chronology, Sundials, Mathematics, Astronomical instruments, Calendars, Direction of prayer, and Qiblah
1. ff. 2v-24v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 128
UAM. 1023 (1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 606; revised by Beeston
2. ff. 24v-31v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 128
UAM. 1023 (2), revised by Beeston
3. ff. 32r-39v
*Not mushattaḥ, as Brock.
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 128
UAM. 1023 (3), revised by Beeston
4. ff. 39v-46r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 128
UAM. 1023 (4), revised by Beeston
5. ff. 46v-57v
A compendium of his own Irshād al-ḥāʼir ilá maʻrifat wadʻ khuṭūṭ faḍl al-dāʼir
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 128
UAM. 1023 (5), with corr. Nic. p. 606; revised by Beeston
6. ff*. 61v-81v
Title: [A handbook* of astronomy, without title, in 44 short bābs with 2 appendices of 6 and 20 bābs]
*Ff. 58r-61r either blank or filled with later scribblings
*Brock.ʼs “Bajanīqī” [in index Bajāniqī] to be deleted
*Diff. from Brock.ʼs al-Lafẓ al-muḥarrar
Language(s): Arabic
References
Scpp. II. Anhang, p. 1019
UAM. 1023 (6), with corrig. Nicoll p. 606; revised by Beeston
7. ff. 82r-91r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 126
UAM. 1023 (7), revised by Beeston
8. ff. 92v-96v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 128
UAM. 1023 (8, i), with corrig. Nicoll p. 606; (8) as revised by Beeston
9. ff. 96v-123r
Title: كشف الريب في العمل بالجيب
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 126
UAM. 1023 (8 [ii]), with corrig. Nicoll p. 606; (9) as revised by Beeston
10. ff. 123v-128v
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Calendar
UAM. 1023 (9); (10) as revised by Beeston
11. ff. 129v-150r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 127
UAM. 1023 (10), with corrig. Nicoll p. 606; (11) as revised by Beeston
Physical Description
Form: codex
23 ff. 8 ff. 8 ff. 8 ff. 12 ff. 22 ff. 10 ff. 5 ff. 28 ff. 6 ff. 22 ff. [incomplete (lacking 7th maqālah)]
History
Origin: 16th cent.? CE 16th cent.? CE 16th cent.? CE 16th cent.? CE 16th cent.? CE 16th cent.? CE 16th cent.? CE 16th cent.? CE 16th cent.? CE 16th cent.? CE 16th cent.? CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Mathematici in quarto &c. no. 15].
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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