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 [‎iv-v] (15/230)

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

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

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