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2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Astrolabes, Astronomical instruments, and Arithmetic — Multiple dates

MS. Fraser 168

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

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Title

2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Astrolabes, Astronomical instruments, and Arithmetic — Multiple dates

Shelfmark

MS. Fraser 168

Date

1608

1602

Language

Persian

Arabic

Contents

1. ff. 1-21 Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 Title: Bīst bāb [dar maʻrifat-i Asṭurlāb]
2. ff. 105r-126r Author: Kāshī, Jamshīd ibn Masʻūd, d. ca. 1436 Title: Talkhīs al-Miftāḥ

Form

codex

Physical extent

21 ff. 22 ff.

Acquisition

Transferred to the Bodleian Library from the Radcliffe Library in May 1872.

Provenance

The collections of James Fraser, d. 1754 .

Purchased for the Radcliffe Library, Oxfordfrom Fraser's widow.

The Radcliffe Library, Oxford.

Subject

Arithmetic

Astrolabes

Astronomical instruments

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  • Kāshī, Jamshīd ibn Masʻūd, d. ca. 1436

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

  • Fraser, James, 1713-1754

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