MS. Arch. Seld. A. 32 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Summary of Contents: 13 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Mathematics, Astronomy, Solar eclipses, Moon, Direction of prayer, Qiblah, Geometry, Tides, and Meteorology
1. ff. 1v-80r
Author: Apollonius, of Perga
Title: Qaṭʻ al-khuṭūṭ ʻalá al-nisab
Title: قطع الخطوط على النسب

*In an anonymous Arabic translation

*So text, but see Steinschneider in SAUG §107, p. 186(178), who reads al-nisbah

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Mathematics
UAM 877(1), revd. by Beeston
2. ff. 81v-100v
Author: Alhazen, 965-1039 ابن الهيثم، محمد بن الحسن، 354-حو. 430 هـ
Title: Fī ṣūrat al-kusūf
Title: في صورة الكسوف
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(2), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
3. ff. 100v-107r
Author: Alhazen, 965-1039 ابن الهيثم، محمد بن الحسن، 354-حو. 430 هـ
Title: Fī ḥarakat al-qamar
Title: في حركة القمر
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(3), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
4. ff. 107r-115r
Author: Alhazen, 965-1039 ابن الهيثم، محمد بن الحسن، 354-حو. 430 هـ
Title: Fī istikhrāj samt al-qiblah
Title: في استخراج سمت القبلة
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(4), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
5. ff. 115v-120r
Author: Alhazen, 965-1039 ابن الهيثم، محمد بن الحسن، 354-حو. 430 هـ
Title: Fī al-masʼalah al-handasīyah
Title: في المسألة الهندسية

Beeston: Qawl fī masʼalah handasīyah

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 469
UAM 877(5), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
6. ff. 120v-127v
Author: Alhazen, 965-1039 ابن الهيثم، محمد بن الحسن، 354-حو. 430 هـ
Title: Fī istikhrāj irtifāʻ al-quṭb
Title: في استخراج ارتفاع القطب
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(6), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
7. ff. 127v-131v
Author: Alhazen, 965-1039 ابن الهيثم، محمد بن الحسن، 354-حو. 430 هـ
Title: Fī aḍwāʼ al-kawākib
Title: في أضواء الكواكب
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(7), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
8. ff. 132v-162r
Author: Alhazen, 965-1039 ابن الهيثم، محمد بن الحسن، 354-حو. 430 هـ
Title: Fī taṣḥīḥ al-aʻmāl al-nujūmīyah
Title: في تصحيح الأعمال النجومية
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(8), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
9. ff. 162v-184v
Author: Alhazen, 965-1039 ابن الهيثم، محمد بن الحسن، 354-حو. 430 هـ
Title: Fī al-shukūk ʻalá Baṭlumiyūs
Title: في الشكوك على بطلميوس
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(9), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
10. ff. 185r-186v
Author: Ḥumayd* ibn Ḥusayn al-Ḥāsib
Title: Maʻrifat samt al-qiblah
Title: معرفة سمت القبلة

*or Ḥamīd

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astronomy
UAM 877(11), revd. by Beeston
11. ff. 187r-188r
Author: Alhazen, 965-1039 ابن الهيثم، محمد بن الحسن، 354-حو. 430 هـ
Title: Fī istikhrāj aʻmidat al-jibāl
Title: في استخراج أعمدة الجبال
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(10), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
12. ff. 189-197
Author: Kindī, d. ca. 873 الكندي، يعقوب بن إسحاق، ت. حو. 260 هـ
Title: Risālah fī al-madd wa-al-jazar
Title: رسالة في المدّ والجزر
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 209
UAM 877(12), revd. by Beeston
13. ff. 198-200
Author: Kindī, d. ca. 873 الكندي، يعقوب بن إسحاق، ت. حو. 260 هـ
Title: Risālah fī ʻillat al-lawn al-lāzawardī alladhī yurá fī al-jaww fī jihat al-samāʼ
Title: رسالة في علّة اللون اللازوردي الذي يرى في الجوّ في جهة السماء
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 209
UAM 877(13), revd. by Beeston

Physical Description

Form: codex
80 ff. 20 ff 8 ff. 9 ff. 6 ff. 8 ff. 5 ff. 31 ff. 23 ff. 2 ff. 2 ff. 9 ff. 3 ff.

History

Origin: Before 1235 CE bef. 1235 CE bef. 1235 CE bef. 1235 CE bef. 1235 CE bef. 1235 CE bef. 1235 CE bef. 1235 CE bef. 1235 CE bef. 1235 CE bef. 1235 CE bef. 1235 CE bef. 1235 CE bef. 1235 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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