MS. Marsh 621 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Display:

Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection

Contents

3 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Euclid's Elements, Geometry, Soul, Psychology, and Astronomy

1. ff. 1-91
Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274
Title: Taḥrīr Uṣūl al-handasah

A commentary on Euclidʼs Elements

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 510
[UAM. 1012 (1)]
2. ff. 92r-95r
Author: Avicenna, 980-1037
Title: Risālah fī ʻilm al-nafs
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 456
[UAM. 1012 (2)]
3. ff. 95v-214v
Author: Avicenna, 980-1037
Title: Mukhtaṣar al-Mijisṭī

For authorship and title of work see Centaurus XIV no. 1, p. 57, 1969, also Centaurus XV no. 2 pp. 135-170, 1970, which contain discussion and partial translation

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 457
[UAM. 1012 (3)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
91 ff. 4 ff. 120 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. n.d. 1272 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Mathematici in quarto &c. no. 3].

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

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions).

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

TO TOP