MS. Arab. e. 206 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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Summary of Contents: 7 works by 6 authors on the subjects of Mathematics, Inheritance and succession, and Astronomy1. ff. 1v-20vLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 2662. ff. 21v-40rA commentary on the sections dealing with the farāʼiḍ in the Mukhtaṣar of Khalīl ibn Isḥāq al-Jundī, d. 1365
*date on f. 20v 1810
Language(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 843. ff. 41v-59rA commentary on 19 of the 24 bābs of the Minhāj al-ṭālib li-taʻdīl al-kawākib of Ibn al-Bannāʼ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1256?-1321?
*A. H. 1025 given as date of composition of the work, f. 59r 1.5
**date on f. 20v 1810
Language(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 2554. ff. 59r-60rAn introduction to astronomy
Language(s): ArabicReferences
Appendix Astronomy6. ff. 61v-93rTitle: al-Mumtiʻ fī sharh al-MuqniʻThe authorʼs commentary on his own al-Muqniʻ fī ʻilm Abī Muqriʻ
f. 93 contains a note on the 28 phases on the moon (manāzil)
Language(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 4637. ff. 94r-183vA commentary on the sections dealing with the farāʼiḍ in the Mukhtaṣar of Khalīl ibn Isḥāq al-Jundī, d. 1365
*? is the "yaum al-sabt" of the colophon to be identified with the "yaum al-sabt 4th Ramaḍān 1221" (= 1806) of the last 2 lines of the text
Language(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 84Physical Description
Form: codex20 ff. 20 ff. 19 ff 2 ff. 1 f. 33 ff. 90 ff.History
Origin: 1810 CE n.d. * n.d. ** n.d. n.d. 1807 CE *1806 ? CERecord Sources
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