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12 works by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 on the subjects of Geometry, Mathematics, and Astronomy — 1452

MS. Arch. Selden A. 46

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

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From Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World contains descriptions of Islamicate manuscripts held in 23 UK libraries, including the Bodleian Libraries and some Oxford college libraries. Learn more.

Title

12 works by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 on the subjects of Geometry, Mathematics, and Astronomy — 1452

Shelfmark

MS. Arch. Selden A. 46

Date

1452

Language

Arabic

Contents

1. ff. 1v-10v Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb al-Muʻṭayāt Title: كتاب المعطيات
2. ff. 10v-14r 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
3. fol. 15r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb al-Masākīn Title: كتاب المساكن
4. fol. 15v-21v Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb fī al-ṭulūʻ wa-al-ghurūb Title: كتاب في الطلوع والغروب
5. ff. 22v-30r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Taḥrīr Ẓāhirāt al-falak Title: تحرير ظاهرات الفلك
6. ff. 30v-37r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb fī al-Ayyām wa-al-layālī Title: كتاب في الأيام والليالي
7. fols. 37v-42r 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
8. ff. 42v-45r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb al-Maʼkhūdhāt Title: كتاب المأخوذات
9. ff. 46v-85r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb fī al-ashkāl al-kurīyah Title: كتاب في الأشكال الكرية
10. ff. 85v-118v Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb Daʻāwá al-shakl al-maʻrūf bil-qaṭṭāʻ wa barāhīnihi Title: كتاب دعاوى الشكل المعروف بالقطّاع وبراهينه
11. ff. 119v-149v Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb al-Kurah wa-al-uṣṭuwānah Title: كتاب الكرة والأصطوانة
12. ff. 149v-150v Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Taḥrīr al-Maqālah fī taksīr al-dāʼirah Title: تحرير المقالة في تكسير الدائرة

Form

codex

Physical extent

10 ff. 5 ff. 1 p. 7 ff. 9 ff. 8 ff. 6 fols. 4 ff. 40 ff. 34 ff 31 ff. 2 ff.

Acquisition

Presented to the Bodleian Library by Selden's estate in 1659.

Provenance

The collections of John Selden .

Subject

Astronomy

Mathematics

Geometry

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Title

12 works by Tūsī, Nasīr al-Dīn Muhammas, 1201-1274, on the subjects of Geometry, Optics, Astronomy, and Mathematics

Shelfmark

MS. Arch. Selden A. 46

Date

1201-1274, 1452

Language

Arabic

Physical extent

150 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 3152 acquired by the Bodleian Library

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Collection contents

Manuscripts of John Selden

12 works by Tūsī, Nasīr al-Dīn Muhammas, 1201-1274, on the subjects of Geometry, Optics, Astronomy, and Mathematics

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  • Archimedes

  • Manṣūr ibn ʻIrāq

  • Thebit, ben Chorat, 836-901

  • Eutocius, of Ascalon

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

  • Abū al-Ḥasan ʻAlī ibn Yaḥya ibn ʻIsa

  • Theodosius, active 1st century B.C.

  • Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, ca. 820-ca. 912

  • Euclid

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

  • Selden, John, 1584-1654

  • Nasawī, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad, d. 1039

  • Johannitius, 809-873

  • Autolycus

  • Menelaos

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