MS. Marsh 618 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection
Contents
9 works by 7 authors on the subjects of Astronomy and Astrology
1. ff. 1r-87v
Title: al-Kāmil fī al-taʻlīm
Title: al-Zīj al-kāmil
A revision of the works of Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf ibn al-Kamād d. ?1195
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 473
[NAM. 285 (1)]
2. ff. 91v-161v
Title: Commentary on the Manẓūmah fī ʻilm al-nujūm of Ibn Abī al-Rijāl, ʻAlī, 1015 or 16-1062 or 3
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 224
[NAM. 285 (2)]
3. ff. 162v-194v; 222v-225r
Title: Kitāb al-Nukat
Extracts only
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 222
[NAM. 285 (3, i, v)]
4. ff. 221v-222v
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Astronomy
NAM. 285 (3, iv)]
5. ff. 198r-215v
Title: Kitāb al-Sirr
Extracts only, from part 1
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 222
[NAM. 285 (3, ii)]
6. ff. 216r-221v
Title: Kitāb al-Sirr
Extracts only, from part 2
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 222
[NAM. 285 (3, iii)]
7. ff. 225r-229v
Title: Kitāb al-Asʻar
Extracts only
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 220
[NAM. 285 (3, vi)]
8. ff. 229v-230v
Title: Excerpts on comets
SAUG § 123 xxii, p. 218 (210) [with wrong ref. Nic. 2757] suggests that Ḥunayn is merely the translator
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 206
[NAM. 285 (3, vii)]
9. ff. 236r-245v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 255
[NAM. 285 (4)]
Physical Description
Form: codex
87 ff. 71 ff. 37 ff. 2 ff. 18 ff. 6 ff. 5 ff. 2 ff. 10 ff.
History
Origin: 14th cent.? CE 16th cent.? CE n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Mathematici in quarto &c. no. 10].
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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