MS. Arch. Seld. A. 32 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Selden Collection
Contents
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Title: رسالة في المدّ والجزر
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 209
UAM 877(12), revd. by Beeston
13. ff. 198-200
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.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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