MS. Pococke 249 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of al-Bayān* bi-wāḍiḥ al-burhān by Muwaddib, Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAmr
Author: Muwaddib, Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAmr
Title: al-Bayān* bi-wāḍiḥ al-burhān

*So the preface; the title-page has “tibyān”

A summary of astronomical theory, in 4 ṣinf

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astronomy
[UAM. 915, revd. by Beeston]

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 63 ff.

History

Origin: 13th or 14th cent.? CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Edward Pococke, d. 1691.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1692.

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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