MS. Huntington 193 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Huntington Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 16 works by 13 authors on the subjects of Astronomy, Geometry, Chronology, Mathematics, Astronomical instruments, Moon, Calendars, and Geomancy
1. ff. 3v-71v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 473
[UAM. 967 (1), revd. Beeston]
2. ff. 75v-85r
Title: Ashkāl al-taʼsīs
A compendium of Euclid ʼs first book
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 468
[UAM. 967 (2), revd. Beeston]
3. ff. 89v-93v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 368
[UAM. 967(3), with corrig. Nicoll p. 604; revd. Beeston]
4. ff. 95v-117r
A compendium of Kashf al-ḥaqāʼiq of Ibn al-Majdī, Aḥmad ibn Rajab, 1366-1447
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 128
[UAM. 967 (4), with corrig. Nic. p. 604, revd. Beeston]
5. ff. 118v-122r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 129
[Uri Arab. Mob. 967 (5), revised by Beeston]
6. ff. 125v-136v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 126
[UAM. 967 (6), revd. by Beeston]
7. ff. 137v-140r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 126
[UAM. 967 (7)]
8. fols. 140v-145v
On the sine-quadrant; title suspect: ? = Risālah fī al-ʻamal bil-rubʻ al-mujayyab
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 169
[UAM. 967 (8), with corrig. Nicoll p. 604; revd. by Beeston
9. ff. 146v-154v
*This work, though differently titled, is identical with Brock.ʼs no. 4, Risālah fī ʻilm al-waqt
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 129
[UAM. 967 (9), revised by Beeston]
10. ff. 155r-185v
Title: Risālah ʻalá al-aṣṭurlāb
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 487
[UAM. 967 (10), revd. by Beeston]
11. ff. 186r-199v
Title: Risālah ʻalá al-aṣṭurlāb
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 221
[UAM. 967 (11), revd. by Beeston]
12. ff. 203v-209r
Title: Treatise on the astrolabe
*AFLB does not comment on the identity
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 126
[UAM. 967 (12), revd. by Beeston]
13. ff. 211v-238r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 128
[UAM. 967 (13), with corrig. Nicoll p. 604; revd. by Beeston]
14. ff. 240r-244r
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Calendar
[UAM. 967 (l4) [(i) as revised by Beeston]]
15. ff. 244v-246v
* Who numbers it (15)
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Magic
[UAM. 967 (14 [ii]), revd. by Beeston*]
16. ff. 248r-251v
*Who numbers it (16)
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 128
[UAM. 967 (14 [iii]), revd. by Beeston*]
Physical Description
Form: codex
69 ff. 11 ff. 5 ff. 23 ff. 5 ff. 12 ff. 4 ff. 6 fols. 9 ff. 31 ff. 14 ff. 7 ff. 28 ff. 5 ff. 3 ff. 4 ff.
History
Origin: 1601 CE 1597 CE 1596 CE 1598 CE 1599 CE n.d. [c. 1599]. 1597 CE 1598 CE 1508 CE 1596 CE 1600 CE 1600 CE 1596 CE Beg. of 17th cent.? CE Beg. of 17th cent.? CE 15th cent.? CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Robert Huntington, d. 1701.
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1693.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.
Availability
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