Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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

*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
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(2), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
3. ff. 100v-107r
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(3), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
4. ff. 107r-115r
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(4), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
5. ff. 115v-120r

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
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(6), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
7. ff. 127v-131v
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(7), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
8. ff. 132v-162r
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(8), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
9. ff. 162v-184v
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(9), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
10. ff. 185r-186v

*or Ḥamīd

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astronomy
UAM 877(11), revd. by Beeston
11. ff. 187r-188r
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 470
UAM 877(10), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revd. by Beeston
12. ff. 189-197
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 209
UAM 877(12), 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

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions).

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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