RSPA 14 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

There are lots of illustrations throughout this section, all astronomical in nature. The last nine propositions do not have illustrations.

This section is not dated, but is likely 17th Century.

The original text was the Liber Sphaerarum of Theosodius Tripolitanus which was translated into Arabic by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā and later revised by Thābit ibn Qurra al-Ḥarrānī.

This extract ends abruptly mid-sentence.

The fragment likely dates to the seventeenth century.

There is a large annotated illustration on f35v.

This section is a series of folios which have been written on on only one side. The contents are all written transversely down the page and are all astronomical fragments.

The scribe signs off under the name Ḥaqīqī. The manuscript is likelye 17th century.

The work is a commentary on the Ashkāl al-Taʾsīs of Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ashraf al-Samarqandī.

Fragment of a text concerning the use of the astrolabe. The extract begins and ends imperfectly, with no basmalah and the ending mid-sentence.

This section has been extensively annotated in Persian by several hands. There are purchase notes on f205v.

This is also likely 17th century.

The fragment begins part way through the second chapter of the parent text and contains chapters three, four, five and sixty five (the final chapter, which is complete). The parent text is so far unidentified.

This fragment is also likely seventeenth century.

Written in the same hand as the sixth item in the manuscript.

Also seventeenth century.

Dennison Ross and Brown give the title of this fragment as "fī 'l-ʿaml bi-rubʿ al-dāʾirah al-mawdūʿ fīhi al-muqanṭarāt".

F249r is blank.

The fragment is also about the use of the astrolabe.

Also seventeenth century.