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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. Or. 584
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • This is a copy of Kitāb Tadhkirat al-kaḥḥālīn (Memorandum book of Oculists) by ’Alī ibn ’Īsá al-Kaḥḥāl
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 49
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • commentary on the Mūjiz composed by by Ibn al-Nafīs (d. 1288 CE) was given the title Ḥall al-Mūjiz because
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 596
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • This is a copy of Ḥall al-Mūjiz (The resolution of the Mūjiz) by Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Āqsarā
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 72 (3)
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, first half
    Language
    Arabic
    • The interpretation of the scenes is based on that made by Burland, C.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 233
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • popular commentary on the Mūjiz composed by Ibn al-Nafīs (d. 1288 CE) was given the title Ḥall al-Mūjiz because
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arab. d.138
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos
    • The Materia medica consists of five books on medicinal substances.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 667
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Apollonius of Perga
    • The Conica of Apollonius of Perga ‘the great geometer’ (c. 262-190 BCE) were translated into Arabic in
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 139
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • Galen of Pergamon, c 129-c 216
    • This is the Commentary of Galen on the Book of Hippocrates On Prognostics (Tafsīr Jālīnūs li-kitāb Buqrāṭ
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 139
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century (?)
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    Arabic
    • Galen of Pergamon, c 129-c 216
    • Commentary on the Prognostica of Hippocrates.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 264
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1137-1193
    • The Treatise on Armoury was written for Saladin (1169-1193 CE), the celebrated founder of the Ayyubid
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arab. d. 138
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1240
    Language
    Arabic
    • Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos
    • Text pages with coloured drawings of plants: nightshade (right), mandrake (left).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 215
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century (?)
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    Arabic
    • Galen of Pergamon, c 129-c 216
    • Compendium by Thabit ibn Qurra of the De marcore.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 144
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Al-Sufi's Book of the Fixed Stars, a revision of Ptolemy's Almagest with Arabic star names and drawings
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 263
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • This is a copy of Nuzḥat al-hukamā’ al-rawḍat al-aṭibbā’ (The Delight of the Wise and the Garden of the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arab. d. 256
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • A single folio taken from a copy of Sharḥ al-Qaṣīdah al-Munfarijah lil-Tawzarī on which a painting of
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 70
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Jābir (Geber) is usually considered the father of Arabic alchemy, though mystery surrounds his identity
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arab. d.221
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • The Cyranides is one of the works of the Hermetic corpus, the body of writings ascribed to Hermes Trismegistos
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Greaves 42
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • The 'book of pleasant journeys into faraway lands', or 'Book of Roger', Tabula Rogeriana.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 206
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    17th century (?)
    Language
    Arabic
    • Commentary on the Quadripartitum of Ptolemy.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arch. Seld. A.11
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Fī jawāmi’ ’ilm al-nujūm (Compendium of astronomy)