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4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Astronomy and Astrology

1. ff. 1-27b
Author: Abū Maʻshar, d. 886 ابو معشر
Title: Mudhākarāt fī ʻilm al-nujūm
Title: مذاكرات في علم النجوم

Language(s): Arabic

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Dialogues on Astronomy and Astrology, of Abū Maʻshar, d. 886 ابو معشر ; , and his answers to the questions put to him by Abū Saʻid Shādhān ابو سعيد شاذان بن بحر .
2. ff. 28a-51a
Author: ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz Ibn ʻUthmān, d. 967 عبد العزيز بن عثمان القبيسي
Title: Madākhil ilá ʻilm al-nujūm
Title: مداخل الى علم النجوم

Language(s): Arabic

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3. ff. 120a-121b
Author: Zarqālī, Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyá, d. 1100 ابراهيم بن يحيى النقاش الزرقالي القرطبي
Title: Treatise on eclipses

Language(s): Arabic

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4. ff. 140a-145b
Author: Zarqālī, Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyá, d. 1100 ابراهيم بن يحيى النقاش الزرقالي القرطبي
Title: Treatise on the motions of the planets

Language(s): Arabic

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Form: codex
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History

Origin: 767 AH; 1366 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated as part of the Royal library of George I (1660-1727) in 1715.

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Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne: A hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1900. abbreviated by the OCIMCO project team.

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