MS. Huntington 308 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Huntington Collection
Contents
5 works by 5 authors on the subjects of Euclid's Elements, Geometry, and Consensus
A commentary on Euclidʼs Elements. Defective, lacking maqālah 1-3 and the beginning of maqalah 4
Fol. 57v-58v contain matter supplementary to Euclidʼs Book 15
References
Reprint of the 1317 [1899] edition.
Neither translator nor reviser mentioned
References
? translated by Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, d. 901 , in the redaction of Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 ; no transr. or edr. mentioned
References
[Sphaerica], in 3 books
SAUG §111 (b), p. 197 (189), who thinks it may be prior to the recension by Ṭūsī
References
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Robert Huntington, d. 1701.
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1693.
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