Compendium of texts on mathematics and optics mostly by Alhazen (ابن الهيثم)
IO Islamic 1270
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The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. iii+123+v. It was created in 16th century. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Collection of twenty-one treatises on mathematics, optics and related subjects.
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- (1) Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرّة), Kitāb fī sanat al-shams bil-irṣād (كتاب في سنة الشمس بالإرصاد) (ff. 1v-9v);
- (2) Abū Naṣr ibn ‘Irāq (أبو نصر بن عراق), Istikhrāj mā bayna al-markaz min al-Majisṭī al-shāhī (استخراج ما بين المركز من المجسطي الشاهي) (f 10r);
- (3) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī aḍwā’ al-kawākib (قول في أضواء الكواكب) (ff. 10v-12r);
- (4) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī ḍaw’ (قول في الضوء) (ff. 12v-17v);
- (5) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Maqālah fī al-marāyā al-muḥriqah bil-quṭū‘ (مقالة في المرايا المحرقة بالقطوع) (ff. 18r-21r);
- (6) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Maqālah fī al-marāyā al-muḥriqah bil-dā’irah (مقالة في المرايا المحرقة بالدائرة) (ff. 21v-25r);
- (7) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī al-makān (قول في المكان) (ff. 25v-27v);
- (8) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī shakal Banī Mūsá (قول في شكل بني موسى) (ff. 28r-32r);
- (9) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Maqālah fī ḍaw’ al-qamr (مقالة في ضوء القمر) (ff. 32v-47v);
- (10) Omar Khayyam (عمر الخيامي), Maqālah fī al-jabr (مقالة في الجبر) (ff. 48r-56r);
- (11) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Maqālah fī misāḥat al-mujassam al-mukhāfī (مقالة في المساحة المجسّم المخافي) (ff. 56v-69v);
- (12) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Maqālah mustiqṣāh fī al-shakl al-hilālīyah (مقالة مستقصاة في الشكل الهلالية) (ff. 70r-78v);
- (13) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf (مقالة في صورة الكسوف) (ff. 79r-86v);
- (14) Sijzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad (سجزي، أحمد بن محمد), Thabat barāhīn ba‘ḍ ashkāl kitāb Ūqlīdis fī al-Ūṣūl (ثبت براهين بعض أشكال كتاب أوقليدس في الأصول) (ff. 87r-100r);
- (15) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī hay’at al-‘ālam (قول في هيئة العالم) (ff. 101r-116v);
- (16) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Risālah fī barkār al-dawā’ir al-‘iẓām (رسالة في بركار الدوائر العظام) (ff. 116v-118r);
- (17) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī mas’alah ‘adadīyah mujassama (قول في مسئلة عددية مجسمة) (ff. 118v-119);
- (18) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī qismat al-khaṭṭ alladhī ista‘maluhu Arshimīdas fī al-Kurah wa-al-usṭūwānah (قول في قسمة الخط الذي استعمله أرشميدس في الكرة والأسطوانة) (f. 119v);
- (19) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Mas’alah fī ikhtilāf manẓar al-qamr (مسئلة في اختلاف منظر القمر) (f. 120);
- (20) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī istikhrāj mas’alah ‘adadīyah (قول في استخراج مسئلة عددية) (f. 121);
- (21) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Faṣl fī muqaddimat ḍil‘ al-musabba‘ (فصل في مقدمة ضلع المسبع) (ff. 122-123).
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- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. iii+123+v
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Material: Paper
Dimensions: 280 x 115 mm leaf [220 x 80 mm written]
Foliation: 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. foliation in Western Arabic numerals stamped in black ink;
Ruling: Misṭarah ; 37 lines per page; vertical spacing 17 lines per 10 cm
Script: Naskh
Ink: Black ink, with diagrams and overlinings in red
Binding: British Museum binding
Condition: Some waterstains; because of extensive worm damage (not now visible) the entire manuscript has been disbound and each folio lined with silk, inlaid in western paper and attached to guards before being rebound
Marginalia: Very few
Seals: f. 1r
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- IO Islamic 1270
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- 16th century (CE, Gregorian)
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East India Company Library, its seal (f. 1r).
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From the library of Richard Johnson (1753-1807), incorporated into the collection of the East India House.
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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 734, pp. 212-14
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- IO Islamic 1270
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- Compendium of texts on mathematics and optics mostly by Alhazen (ابن الهيثم)
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 1v-9v
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- Kitāb fī sanat al-shams bil-irṣād كتاب في سنة الشمس بالإرصاد Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني
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- 1v:9v
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- IO Islamic 1270, f 10r
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- Istikhrāj mā bayna al-markaz min al-Majisṭī al-shāhī استخراج ما بين المركز من المجسطي الشاهي Abū Naṣr ibn ‘Irāq أبو نصر بن عراق
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- 10r
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 10v-12r
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- Qawl fī aḍwā’ al-kawākib قول في أضواء الكواكب Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 10v:12r
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 12v-17v
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- Qawl fī ḍaw’ قول في الضوء Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 12v:17v
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 18r-21r
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- Maqālah fī al-marāyā al-muḥriqah bil-quṭū‘ مقالة في المرايا المحرقة بالقطوع Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 18r:21r
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 21v-25r
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- Maqālah fī al-marāyā al-muḥriqah bil-dā’irah مقالة في المرايا المحرقة بالدائرة Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 21v:25r
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 25v-27v
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- Qawl fī al-makān قول في المكان Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 25v:27v
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 28r-32r
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- Qawl fī shakal Banī Mūsá قول في شكل بني موسى Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 28r:32r
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 32v-47v
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- Maqālah fī ḍaw’ al-qamr مقالة في ضوء القمر Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 32v:47v
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 48r-56r
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- Maqālah fī al-jabr مقالة في الجبر Omar Khayyam عمر الخيامي
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- 48r:56r
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 56v-69v
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- Maqālah fī misāḥat al-mujassam al-mukhāfī مقالة في المساحة المجسّم المخافي Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 56v:69v
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 70r-78v
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- Maqālah mustiqṣāh fī al-shakl al-hilālīyah مقالة مستقصاة في الشكل الهلالية Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 70r:78v
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 79r-86v
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- Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf مقالة في صورة الكسوف Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 79r:86v
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 87r-100r
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- Thabat barāhīn ba‘ḍ ashkāl kitāb Ūqlīdis fī al-Ūṣūl ثبت براهين بعض أشكال كتاب أوقليدس في الأصول Sijzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad سجزي، أحمد بن محمد
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- 87r:100v
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 101r-116v
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- Qawl fī hay’at al-‘ālam قول في هيئة العالم Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 101r:116v
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 116v-118r
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- Risālah fī barkār al-dawā’ir al-‘iẓām رسالة في بركار الدوائر العظام Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 116v:118r
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 118v-119r
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- Qawl fī mas’alah ‘adadīyah mujassama قول في مسئلة عددية مجسمة Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 118v:119r
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- IO Islamic 1270, f 119v
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- Qawl fī qismat al-khaṭṭ alladhī ista‘maluhu Arshimīdas fī al-Kurah wa-al-usṭūwānah قول في قسمة الخط الذي استعمله أرشميدس في الكرة والأسطوانة Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 119v
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- IO Islamic 1270, f 120r-120v
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- Mas’alah fī ikhtilāf manẓar al-qamr مسئلة في اختلاف منظر القمر Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 120r:120v
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- IO Islamic 1270, f 121r-121v
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- Qawl fī istikhrāj mas’alah ‘adadīyah قول في استخراج مسئلة عددية Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 121r:122r
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- IO Islamic 1270, ff 122r-123v
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- Faṣl fī muqaddimat ḍil‘ al-musabba‘ فصل في مقدمة ضلع المسبع Alhazen ابن الهيثم
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- 122v:123v
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