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9 works by 6 authors on the subjects of Geometry, Astronomy, and Mathematics

MS. Marsh 709

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For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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Title

9 works by 6 authors on the subjects of Geometry, Astronomy, and Mathematics

Shelfmark

MS. Marsh 709

Language

Arabic

Contents

1. ff. 1v-5r Author: Autolykos Title: al-Kurah al-mutaḥarrikah Title: الكرة المتحرّكة
2. ff. 5r-6r Author: Archimedes أرشميدس 287-212 ق.م Title: Fī qismat shakl sammāhu bi-Sṭumāshiyūn Title: في قسمة شكل سمّاه بسطماشيون
3. ff. 10v-35r Author: Theodosius, 1st cent. B.C. Title: Kitāb al-Ukar Title: كتاب الأكر Title: De Sphaerica
4. ff. 35v-38r Author: Archimedes أرشميدس 287-212 ق.م Title: Taḥrīr al-Maqālah fī taksīr al-dāʼirah Title: تحرير المقالة في تكسير الدائرة
5. ff. 38v-46r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb fī jurmay al-nayyirayn wa-buʼdayhimā Title: كتاب في جُرمي النيّرين وبُعدَيهما
6. ff. 46v-64r Author: Euclid إقليدس Title: Kitāb al-Muʻṭayāt Title: كتاب المعطيات Title: Data
7. ff. 64v-70r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb al-Mafrūḍāt Title: كتاب المفروضات لثابت بن قرّة
8. ff. 70v-77v Author: Archimedes أرشميدس 287-212 ق.م Title: Kitāb al-Maʼkhūdhāt Title: كتاب المأخوذات
9. ff. 78-89 Author: Banū Mūsá ibn Shākir بنو موسى بن شاكر Title: Maʻrifat misāḥat al-ashkāl al-basīṭah wa-al-kurīyah Title: معرفة مساحة الأشكال البسيطة والكرية

Form

codex

Physical extent

4 ff. 2 ff. 25 ff. 4 ff. 9 ff. 18 ff. 7 ff. 8 ff. 12 ff.

Acquisition

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

Provenance

The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Mathematici in quarto &c. no. 2].

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

Subject

Geometry

Mathematics

Astronomy

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  • Marsh, Narcissus, 1638-1713

  • Thebit, ben Chorat, 836-901

  • Banū Mūsá ibn Shākir

  • Autolycus

  • Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274

  • Theodosius, active 1st century B.C.

  • Archimedes

  • Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn, 830 or 1-910 or 1

  • Euclid

  • Golius, Jacobus, 1596-1667

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