MS. Marsh 693 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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1 copy of Kayhānshinākht by Qaṭṭān, al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī, 1072 or 3-1153 or 4

Author: 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

JISC

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