MS. Selden superius 22 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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3 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Mathematics and Algebra

1. ff. 1-52r
Author: Khwārizmī, Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Ḥārith, al-Ḥubūbī fl. c. 1140
Title: Kitāb al-Istiqṣāʼ
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 471
[UAM. 986 (1)]
2. ff. 52v-61r
Author: Anonymous
Title: On a method of estimating the weight and cubic capacity of heaps of grain*

*Apparently a compendium of a work entitled ʻIlal ḥisab al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah wa-sharḥihi wa-al-burhān ʻalayhi by one Abū Bakr al-Karkhī

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Mathematics
[UAM. 986 (2)]
3. ff. 61v-73v
Author: Karajī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, d. ca. 1016 الكرخي، محمد بن الحسن، ت. حو. 410 هـ
Title: ʻIlal ḥisāb al-jabr

i. e. Brock.ʼs no. 5. But S1 p. 389 lists it under no. 3: Kitāb al-Fakhrī

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 219
[UAM. 986 (3), with corrig. Nicoll p. 605]

Physical Description

Form: codex
52 ff. 10 ff. 13 ff.

History

Origin: 1241 CE 1241 CE 1241 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of John Selden.

Presented to the Bodleian Library by Selden's estate in 1659.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

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JISC

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