MS. Bodl. Or. 365 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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3 works by Theodosius, 1st cent. B.C on the subjects of Geometry and Astronomy

1. ff. 1-32
Author: Theodosius, 1st cent. B.C.
Title: Kitāb Ukar
Title: Sphaerica

Followed on f. 32v by a muqaddimah to Bk. 3, proposition 10 of the De proportione

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 204
[NAM. 295 (1) with corrig. Nicoll p. 546]
2. ff. 33v-41
Author: Theodosius, 1st cent. B.C.
Title: Kitāb fī al-layl wa-al-nahār
Title: Kitāb al-ayyām wa-al-layālī

In an Arabic version here said to be by Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn, 830 or 31-910 or 11 * edited by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274

* the version is usually said to be by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, ca. 820-ca. 912 and Brock. mentions no version by Isḥāq

Brock mentions a MS. of the version before its redaction by Ṭūsī.

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 512
[NAM. 295 (2)]
3. ff. 41-50
Author: Theodosius, 1st cent. B.C.
Title: Kitāb al-Masākin

In the Arabic version of Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, ca. 820-ca. 912 ? edited* by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274

*This is not here stated

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 512
[NAM. 295 (3)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
32 ff. 9 ff. 10 ff.

History

Origin: 1493 CE 1493 CE 1493 CE

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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JISC

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