Short mathematical texts, notes and diagrams in Arabic and Persian
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Short mathematical texts, notes and diagrams in Arabic and Persian
- Date:
- 1605/1610
- Description:
- Notable contents include:Commentary on Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) edition of Euclid's (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC) Elements(الأصول) (ff. 86v-88r);Text by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) (ff.88v-89v);Commentary on Ptolemy's (بطلميوس, Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168) Almagest(كتاب المجسطي) (f. 90r);A text on determining the qiblah(في معرفة سمت القبلة) by Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (أبو الريحان محمد بن أحمد البيروني, ca 973-1048) (ff. 91v-92r);A text on determining the qiblah(في معرفة سمت القبلة) by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) (f. 92v);A text on catoptrics, with elaborate diagrams (ff. 94r-95r);Commentry on Euclid (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC) (ff. 95v-96r);Figure comprising all the figures in Euclid's (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC) Elements(الأصول), Book One (ff. 97v-98r);Extract from Qāḍīzāde al-Rūmī's (قاضي زاده الرومي; d. after 1440) commentary on Maḥmūd al-Jaghmīnī's (محمود الجغميني; fl. first half of 13th century) al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī ‘ilm al-hay’ah al-basīṭah(98v-99r);Extract from al-Qūshjī (القوشجي; d. 1474) (1092v-103r);Extract from Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī's (كمال الدين حسن الفارسي; d. 1319) Tanqīḥ manāẓir Ibn al-Haytham(تنقيح مناظر ابن الهيثم; ff114v-115).Ff. 86v-117r
- Language:
- Arabic
Persian - Type:
- Manuscript item
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Geometry--Early works to 1800
Astronomy--Early works to 1800
Optics -- Early works to 1800 - Extent:
- Ff. 86v-117r
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100023431932.0x00000d_ar
81055/vdc_100023431932.0x00000d_en
Add MS 23570, ff 86v-117r - Is part of:
- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts