MS. Bodl. Or. 434 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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Summary of Contents: 9 works by 6 authors on the subjects of Sundials, Mathematics, Dates, Astronomy, Nile River, and Geometry1. ff. 2v-16vA compendium of his own Irshād al-ḥāʼir ilá maʻrifat wadʻ khuṭūṭ faḍl al-dāʼir. [With title.]*
*[So Nic. says; where?]
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GAL II 128[Nicoll Arah. Moh. 286 (1)]2. ff. 17v-24rA compendium of his own ʻUmdat al-ṭullāb [copied from the autograph]
*The date of the MS. as a whole; but this is irreconcilable with Nicollʼs statement that this particular tract was composed in 1464.
Language(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 129[NAM. 286 (2)]3. fols. 24v-65vLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 167[NAM. 286 (3)]4. fols. 66v-75vLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 167[NAM. 286 (4), with corrig. Nicoll p. 545]6. fols. 76v-79* A mistake of the scribe, or a misreading, for ḥisāb?
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GAL II 168[NAM. 286 (6)]9. ff. 82v-138vA revision of * Shifāʼ al-asqām fī waḍʻ al-sāʻāt ʻalá al-rukhām of Abū al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʻUmar al-Ṣūfī late 13th cent.
Whence the authorʼs full name appears as Zayn al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, known as Ibn al-Muhallabī, al-Muwaqqit. He is therefore presumably the Zayn al-Din ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Muwaqqit of Brock. S1, p. 798, no. 78
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GAL I 474[NAM. 286 (9)]Physical Description
Form: codex15 ff. 8 ff. 42 fols. 10 fols. 1 f. 4 fols. 2 ff. 1 f. 57 ff.History
Origin: 1453 CE 1453* CE 1453 CE 1453 CE 1453 CE 1453 CE 1453 CE 1453 CE 1453 CERecord Sources
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