MS. Marsh 693 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection
Contents
1 copy of Kayhānshinākht by Qaṭṭān, al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī, 1072 or 3-1153 or 4
Title: Kayhānshinākht
translated from the Persian, for which (Gayhān-shinākht) see Storey vol. 2, no. 82 [p. 45], who does not, however, mention this MS.
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Astronomy
[UAM. 1038, revd. by Beeston]
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 60 ff.
History
Origin: 1487 [from an original of 1333]. CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Mathematici in quarto &c. no. 21].
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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