MS. Marsh 701 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Mathematics, Astronomical instruments, and Astronomy

1. ff. 1-86v
Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274
Title: Jawāmiʻ al-ḥisāb bil-takht wa-al-turāb

As in Meshed and Esc. MSS.; Brock. “Jāmiʻ”

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 511
[UAM. 1037 (1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 607]
2. ff. 187v-362v
Author: Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 973?-1048
Title: Istīʻāb al-wujūh al-mumkinah fī ṣanʻat al-aṣṭurlāb
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 476
[UAM. 1037 (3), with corrig. Nicoll p. 607]

Physical Description

Form: codex
86 ff. 176 ff.

History

Origin: 1419 CE 1419 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Mathematici in quarto &c. no. 20].

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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