MS. Selden superius 36 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Selden superius Collection
Contents
1 work on the subject of Arithmetic
Title: A commentary (composed in 1454) on al-Risālah al-shamsīyah fī al-ḥisāb of Nīsābūrī, Niẓām al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad, d. 1328 or 9
*Beeston suggests as a possible identity Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nawāwī, author of a work on farāʼiḍ and algebra composed in 1450 (II. 97; 62, P. 120, par. 36)
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 200
[UAM. 1028, with corr. Nic. p. 606; revd. by Beeston]
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 233 fols.
History
Origin: 1484 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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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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