Arabic (and one Persian) versions of six Greek treatises on mathematics edited by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد

Content

Second part of a collection of Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) editions (تحارير) of the so-called 'intermediate [books] (متوسطات)', Arabic versions of ancient Greek mathematical and astronomical texts and Arabic responses to them which were meant to be read after Euclid's Elements and in preparation for Ptolemy's Almagest . The first part of this collection is found in manuscript IO Islamic 1249.

The script, ornamentation and binding of the volume indicate that it is part of a set comprising also manuscripts IO Islamic 924 and IO Islamic 1249. Since the latter was transcribed in 1198/1784, probably for Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal from 1772 to 1785 (see front paper ii recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. ), the collation notes in this manuscript dated to the months of Jumādá I and Sha‘bān without indication of the year probably refer to 1198 (March-April and June-July 1784).

A descriptive title in Persian is found on front paper ii recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. , and tables of contents in Persian and English are given on front paper iii recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. .

Contents:

• (1) Autolycus (أوطولوقس), De sphaera quae movetur (تحرير كتاب الكرة المتحركة; ff. 1v-10r);
• (2) Theodosius (ثاوذوسيوس), De habitationibus (تحرير كتاب المساكن; ff. 11v-21r);
• (3) Theodosius (ثاوذوسيوس), De diebus et noctibus (كتاب في الأيام والليالي; ff. 23v-51r);
• (4) Aristarchus (أرسطرخس), De magnitudinibus et distantiis solis et lunae (في جرمي النيرين وبعديهما; ff. 52v-69r);
• (5) Euclid (أقليدس), Elements , Book 1 (مقالهٔ اولى از كتاب اقليدس; ff. 71v-95r)
• (6) Euclid (أقليدس), De levi et ponderoso (في الثقل والخفة وقياس الأجرام بعضها إلى بعض; ff. 98v-101r).

Extent and format

Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. vi+101+iv

It is grouped into

Taḥrīr kitāb al-kurrah al-mutaḥarrikah تحرير كتاب الكرة المتحركة Autolycus أوطولوقس

20 images

Ref: IO Islamic 923, ff 1v-10r

Taḥrīr kitāb al-masākin تحرير كتاب المساكن Theodosius ثاودوسيوس

22 images

Ref: IO Islamic 923, ff 11v-21r

Kitāb Thāwudhūsīyus fī al-ayyām wa-al-layālī كتاب ثاوذوسيوس في الأيام والليالي Theodosius ثاودوسيوس

58 images

Ref: IO Islamic 923, ff 23v-51r

Fī jirmay al-nayyirayn wa-bu‘dayhimma في جرمي النيرين وبعديهما Aristarchus أرسطرخس

38 images

Ref: IO Islamic 923, ff 52v-69r

Maqalah-’i avvalī az Kitāb-i Uqlīdas مقالهٔ اولى از كتاب اقليدس Euclid أقليدس

54 images

Ref: IO Islamic 923, ff 71v-95r

كتاب أقليدس في الثقل والخفة وقياس الأجرام بعضها إلى بعض Kitāb Uqlīdas fī al-thiqal wa-al-khiffah wa-qiyās al-ajrām ba‘ḍihā ilá ba‘ḍ Euclid أقليدس

7 images

Ref: IO Islamic 923, ff 98v-101r

Physical characteristics

Material: Paper

Dimensions: 209 x 120 mm leaf [130 x 58 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil

Ruling: Misṭarah ; 12 lines per page; vertical spacing 9 lines per 10 cm

Script: Nasta‘līq

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in red

Decoration: Every opening and every page has a border in gold, black and red ink; the first opening (ff. 1v-2r) is extensively illuminated in gold, red, green and blue

Binding: Hybrid binding with European and Islamic-style features; gilt tooled; leather doublure

Condition: Excellent condition; book block re-sewn, boards reattached and spine replaced

Marginalia: Very few and all appear to be by copyist

Seals: Ff. 1r and 101v

Written in

Arabic, Farsi and Persian in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IO Islamic 923

History of this record

Date(s)

Jumādá I-Sha‘bān 1198 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Context of creation

India

Provenance

From the library of Warren Hastings

East India Company Library, its seal (ff. 1r and 101v)

Immediate source of acquisition

East India Company Library

Related material

Finding aids

Loth, Otto, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. (London : Printed by order of the Secretary of State for India in Council, 1877), Item 744, pp. 217-18

People & organisations

Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ṭūsī

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