London, Khalili Foundation, MS 375
late fourth/tenth or beginning of the fifth/eleventh century (Bongianino).
Or.:unknown, probably al-Andalus; unknown scribe. Part of the same original codex as MSS Doha, MIA, 131 and Fes, al-Qarawiyyīn, 654.
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Cod.: vellum, 8 folios (two pairs of two bifolios, apparently unfoliated; no catchwords). A carefully written Maghribi round hand in brown, red, green, and purple ink. Mostly dotted ductus with occasional vocalisation and some miniature letters written under undotted letters such as ḥāʾ and ʿayn. Section title enlarged. Geometrical points in the text written out as full letter names. Codex mostly in good condition; smudges occasionally hindering the reading. Dimensions: 24.2×17.9 cm, written area: 11.9×17.4 cm; 16 or 17 lines per page.
Cont.: astronomy. —
Bibl.: Francis Maddison and Emilie Savage-Smith, Science, Tools and Magic. Part One. Body and Spirit, Mapping the Universe, Oxford: The Nour Foundation, 1997, pp. 176–177 (no. 116); Umberto Bongianino, “Nuggets of Ancient Wisdom”: an Early Andalusi Fragment of the Almagest and its Context, forthcoming. —
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1r–8v
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\1r\ ||زاوية هاء جيم كاء أيضًا عشرة أجزاء واثنتان وثلاثون دقيقة بالأجزاء التي بها زاويتان قائمتان ثلاث مائة وستّون جزءًا وبهذه الأجزاء وضعت زاوية جيم زاي لام مائة وثلاثة عشر جزءًا. = Ptolemy, al-Majisṭī (tr. Isḥāq b. Ḥunayn/Thābit b. Qurra) (A.1.2)
. A fragment from chapters XI.5–6 (ff. 1r–4v) and two disjunct fragments from chapter XIII.5 (ff. 5r–8v). |
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