Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Arch. Seld. A. 45 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Selden Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: 16 works by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 on the subjects of Geometry, Optics, Astronomy, and Mathematics
1. ff. 1v-20v

De Sphaerica of Theodosius, 1st cent. B.C. , translated as far as Maq. 3, sect. 5 by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, ca. 820-ca. 912 قسطا بن لوقا البعلبكي، ت. حو. 300 هـ, the remainder by another hand, the whole revised by "> Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, d. 901

Hyderabad edition, vol. I. no I.

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 511
UAM 875(1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 598; revised by Beeston
3. ff. 23v-37r

The Data of Euclid, translated by Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn, 830 or 31-910 or 11 and revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, d. 901

Hyderabad edition, vol. 1 no. I

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 511
UAM 875(3), with corrig. Nicoll p. 598; revised by Beeston
4. ff. 37v-82v

Of Archimedes, translated by Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, d. 901 , ed. with extracts from the commentary by Eutokios in the translation by Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn, 830 or 31-910 or 11

Hyderabad edition, vol II, no. 5

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 511
UAM 875(4), revised by Beeston
13. ff. 152v-159r

Of Archimedes, translated by Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, d. 901 , with commentary by Abū al-Ḥasan ʻAlī al-Nasawī fl. c.1000

Hyderabad edition, vol. II no. 3

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 511
UAM 875(13), with corrig. Nicoll p. 599; revised by Beeston
15. ff. 170v-209v

The Sphaerica of Menelaos, translated by Manṣūr ibn ʻIrāq. 2 books only?

Hyderabad edition, vol. II no. 9

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 511
UAM 875(15), revised by Beeston

Physical Description

Form: codex
20 ff. 4 ff. 15 ff. 46 ff. 3 ff. 11 ff. 5 ff. 13 ff. 14 ff. 13 ff. 9 ff. 3 ff. 8 ff. 6 ff. 40 ff. 52 ff.

History

Origin: 1319 CE 1319 CE 1319 CE 1319 CE 1319 CE 1319 CE 1319 CE 1319 CE 1319 CE 1319 CE 1319 CE 1319 CE 1319 CE 1319 CE 1319 CE 1319 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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