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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 72 (3)
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, first half
    Language
    Arabic
    • apparently records myths of origin and the migratory journey of historical or mythical ancestors up to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 210
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Aristotle (attributed to)
    • Known in Europe as the Secreta secretorum, this book contains the supposed advice of Aristotle to Alexander
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby Or. 17
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • that he herein reveals medical information formerly kept secret, as well as acknowledging his debt to
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 201b
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1790
    Language
    Turkish, Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Ge'ez, Latin, Syriac
    • Its method of helping students to identify the root letters of Hebrew words, was first developed by German
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 210
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century (?)
    Language
    Arabic
    • Aristotle (attributed to)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 326
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • It is the most important of the works ascribed to Ibn Waḥshīyah, an 'author' whose very existence has
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 139
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • The appearance of the paper, ink, and script suggest a dating of before the end of the thirteenth century
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 215
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • The copy is undated and unsigned, but the general appearance of the paper (which has been severely
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 214
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • His other contribution was to algebra (Arabic al-jabr), which came to Europe through the 12th century
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 54
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • al-Taṣrīf li-man ’ajiza ’an al-ta’līf (The Arrangement [of Medical Knowledge] for One Who is not able to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 156
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • al-Taṣrīf li-man ’ajiza ’an al-ta’līf (The Arrangement [of Medical Knowledge] for One Who is not able to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. Or. 133
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1330–1450
    Language
    Latin, Arabic, Turkish
    • Paper label on spine: Arch. O c.2.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 263
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • is an extensive commentary on the first book of Ibn Sīnā’s (Avicenna’s) Qānūn fī al-ṭibb, dedicated to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Greaves 42
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • portions (of seven) of al-Idrisi's medieval Arabic geography, describing the known world from the equator to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 248
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • al-Manṣūrī fī al-ṭibb (The Book on Medicine for al-Manṣūr) by Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyāʾ al-Rāzī (known to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 375
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • complete text of al-Idrisi's medieval Arabic geography, describing the known world from the equator to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 156
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Following al-Rāzī's death, Ibn al-'Amid, a statesman and scholar appointed vizir to the Persian ruler
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 214
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1342
    Language
    Arabic
    • Text pages with geometrical solutions to two quadratic equations.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 248
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Although it was projected by the author to encompass three hundred volumes when completed with each volume
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 66
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Sa’īd ibn Hibat Allāh, Abū al-Ḥasan was a Nestorian Christian court physician to the ’Abbāsid caliphs