MS. Bodl. Or. 365 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
3 works by Theodosius, 1st cent. B.C on the subjects of Geometry and Astronomy
1. ff. 1-32
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
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
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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