MS. Arch. Seld. A. 11 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Astronomy and Astrology

1. ff. 2v-37v
Author: Farghānī, fl. 861 الفرغاني، أبو العبّاس أحمد بن محمد بن كثير
Title: Kitāb fī jawāmiʻ ʻilm al-nujūm
Title: كتاب في جوامع علم النجوم
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 221
UAM 879(1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
2. ff. 38v-85v
Author: Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, ca. 820-ca. 912 قسطا بن لوقا البعلبكي، ت. حو. 300 هـ
Title: Hayʼat al-aflāk
Title: هيئة الأفلاك
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 204
UAM 879(2), revd. by Beeston
3. ff. 86v-93v
Author: Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 973?-1048 البيروني، أبو ريحان محمد بن أحمد، 362-440 هـ
Title: Maqālah fī sayr sahmay al-saʻādah wa-al-ghayb
Title: مقالة في سير سهمي السعادة والغيب
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 476
UAM 879(3), revd. by Beeston
4. ff. 94v-193r
Author: Hāshimī, Abū al-Ḥasan ʻAlī ibn Sulaymān الهاشمي، أبو الحسن علي بن سليمان
Title: Kitāb ʻIlal al-zījāt
Title: كتاب علل الزيجات
Language(s): Arabic

References

Supp. II. Anhang, p. 1020
UAM 879(4)

Physical Description

Form: codex
36 ff. 48 ff. 8 ff. 46 ff.

History

Origin: 1288 CE 1288? CE 1288? CE 1288 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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Digital Images

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Digital Bodleian (single sample image)

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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