MS. Selden superius 36 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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1 work on the subject of Arithmetic

Author and Attributed name: Abū Isḥāq
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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