Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

O. 6 (University Library, Cambridge University)

E. G. Browne Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: المجيب وغيره
رسالة في العمل بالربع
(1) A small treatise on the use of the sinuated Quadrant (ff. 1-7), by Badru'd-
Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad Sibtu'l-Máridíní, beginning after the brief doxology
and the mention of the author's name:
وبعد، فهذه رسالة في العمل بالربع المجيب مشتملة على مقدّمة وعشرين بابا وسميتها الرسالة
الضحيه في الاعمال الجيبية الخ
(2) A treatise on the Dhátu'l-Kursi (ff. 10-22b) by Muhammad ibn Shaykh
Ali al-Hamídí, comprising an Introduction and eighteen chapters.
(3) A treatise on the Astrolabe (ff. 23-35"), comprising an Introduction and
fifteen chapters, ascribed in the colophon to Naşíru'd-Din Muhammad at-Túsí.
(4) A treatise on the "Bridged Quadrant" (g), comprising an Intro-
duction, ten chapters, and a Conclusion (ff. 36-49"), with special reference to its
use in determining the times of prayer, etc.
4. ff. 36b-49a

Language(s): Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 49
Dimensions: 16.8 × 10.6 cm.

Layout

21 lines

Hand(s)

Poor, modern nasta'liq with rubrications

History

Origin: undated

Provenance and Acquisition

Given to me by Rıza Tevfik, 1869?-1949, with the MS. last mentioned, in March, 1911.

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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