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Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek, Or. 2804

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Fragments of a single Arabic work. Undated; probably before 900/1500. Unknown origin, unknown scribe. A note ‘qiṭʿa min Zīj Rīdwān’ and underlined Hindu-Arabic number ‘666’ (1r, top margin). The manuscript was part of a huge lot sold by the Egyptian collector Amīn al-Madanī al-Hulwānī (d. 1898) to Brill in 1883, which in turn sold it to the Universiteitsbibliotheek (see Landberg and Ahmed El Shamsy, Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022, p. 17). Old shelfmark: ‘Ar. 2162’ (front flyleaf).

Cod.: paper, 59 ff. (foliated with Arabic-European numerals in pencil in the upper left corner of rectos; older foliation of ff. 1–56 in Hindu-Arabic numerals, Persian variants, mostly in the upper left part of rectos, running from ‘85’ to ‘147’ but skipping 101 to 107; bound in quaternions, quire signatures in the top margin running from ‘11’ to ‘18’ with ‘16’ missing; no catchwords). A single black naskh. Mostly dotted ductus; some vowel marks, most tanwīns, few shaddas, rare hamzas; some bowls elongated, ascending strokes of kāfs frequently detached from the letter body. No book or chapter headings. Abjad numerals overlined. Diagram lines in red with letters in black. Codex in satisfactory condition; damage by insects throughout, minor water damage in the margins and in the body text of f. 57, stains (e.g., 11v–12r); margins and folds sometimes reinforced with tape, affecting the readability. Dimensions: not provided; 19 lines per page. Modern vinaceous covers. Type III binding.

Cont.: astronomy, music. — Index: Ibn Sīnā, Kitāb al-Shifāʾ, al-Riyāḍiyyāt (1r–59v, incomplete and in disorder), consisting of Ptolemaica (1r–57v) and two scattered folios from al-Mūsīqā (58r–59v). Blank: none.

Bibl.: Carlo Landberg, Catalogue de manuscrits arabes provenant d’une bibliothèque privée à el-Medina et appartenant à la maison E. J. Brill, Leiden: Brill, 1883, p. 130 (no 443); Petrus Voorhoeve, Handlist of Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the University of Leiden and Other Collections in the Netherlands, Leiden: Universiteitsbibliotheek, 1957, p. 212;Jan Just Witkam, Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts of the Library of the University of Leiden, vol. III: Manuscripts Or. 2001 – Or. 3000, Leiden: Ter Lugt Press, 2008, p. 205. Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections: http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:1567368. Collections.

1r–⁠57v	\1r\ \|\| لأنّ زاوية د ب ا معلومة يبقي لب ه من القا{ئمة} معلومة ولذلك د ز ك معلو{مة} وزاويتا ل وك قائمة وهب بد معلومتان فمثلثا ب ه ل ب د ك معلومان وزب معلوم النسبة من ب ل ز ك لأنّه معلوم النسبة من ه ب ب د المتساويين فزل الباقي معلوم ول قائمة \57v\ — قد كان ما بينه وفيه وبين منكب السنبلة الج‍{…} أصبعين فوجب للتأريخ أن يكون في السنبلة ط ل وعرف أيضًا بعد{…} وسطا {…} فلمّا عرف هذا بين الم‍{ط}لوب بأشكال. فالشكل المبين \|\| = Ibn Sīnā, Talkhīṣ al-Majisṭī (C.1.8) , scattered fragments. — Title: al-Majisṭī (colophon, 23v). — Index: Books IV/V/VI, 1r–18r (only parts from sections V.13–VI.7); VII/VIII, 18v–23v; IX/X/XI.3–XIII.2, 24r–56v (incomplete); IX/X/XI.17, 57v–r (incomplete and in this order). — Undated scribal colophons for Books IV/V/VI and VII/VIII (18r, 23v). Few marginal corrections in the hand of the scribe, sometimes trimmed. No marginal annotations.

1r–⁠57v

\1r\ || لأنّ زاوية د ب ا معلومة يبقي لب ه من القا{ئمة} معلومة ولذلك د ز ك معلو{مة} وزاويتا ل وك قائمة وهب بد معلومتان فمثلثا ب ه ل ب د ك معلومان وزب معلوم النسبة من ب ل ز ك لأنّه معلوم النسبة من ه ب ب د المتساويين فزل الباقي معلوم ول قائمة \57v\ — قد كان ما بينه وفيه وبين منكب السنبلة الج‍{…} أصبعين فوجب للتأريخ أن يكون في السنبلة ط ل وعرف أيضًا بعد{…} وسطا {…} فلمّا عرف هذا بين الم‍{ط}لوب بأشكال. فالشكل المبين ||

= Ibn Sīnā, Talkhīṣ al-Majisṭī (C.1.8)

, scattered fragments. — Title: al-Majisṭī (colophon, 23v). — Index: Books IV/V/VI, 1r–18r (only parts from sections V.13–VI.7); VII/VIII, 18v–23v; IX/X/XI.3–XIII.2, 24r–56v (incomplete); IX/X/XI.17, 57v–r (incomplete and in this order). — Undated scribal colophons for Books IV/V/VI and VII/VIII (18r, 23v). Few marginal corrections in the hand of the scribe, sometimes trimmed. No marginal annotations.