Or. 657 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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Summary of Contents: 2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Astronomy, Astronomical instruments, and Quadrants

1. ff. 1-25

Author: Sanbāṭī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq, 16th cent. شيخ احمد بن احمد بن عبد الحق السنباطي

Title: Risālah fī ʻamal al-rubʻ al-mujayyab

Title: رسالة في عمل الربع المجيب

Language(s): Arabic

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no. 663

An elucidation of a treatise on the same subject by Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, b. 1423 شيخ بدر الدين المارديني

2. ff. 28b-55b

Author: anonymous

Title: Risālah fī ālāt al-falakīyah wa-al-jayb

Title: رسالة في الآلات الفلكية و الجيب

Language(s): Arabic

References

no. 656

Physical Description

Form: codex

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History

Origin: 1223 AH; 1808 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from Géjou in 1906.

Record Sources

"Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne: A supplementary hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1922", abbreviated by the OCIMCO project team.

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JISC

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