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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 156
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā Abū Bakr al-Rāzī (b. 854, d. 925), physician, alchemist and philosopher
    • notebook or commonplace book into which al-Rāzī placed extracts from earlier authors regarding diseases and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 47
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
    • The date is also given as in the Yazdijzid (Yazdegerdi) calendar.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington donat. 31
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • It was also known as al-Kitāb al-Malakī (The Royal Book).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arab. d.84
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • of the Aristotelian philosophy is indicated by the report that he lectured on the Physics 40 times and
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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
    • This unfortunately incomplete painted roll from the Coixtlahuaca region incorporates both Mixtec and
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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
    • Saladin (1169-1193 CE), the celebrated founder of the Ayyubid dynasty whose control extended over Egypt and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 125
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
    • Book 2 and 4 is devoted to physics (al-ṭabi’īyāt), i.e. natural philosophy, and Section 6 (Kitāb al-nafs
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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
    • It is an extensive and popular commentary on the Mūjiz, an epitome of the Ibn Sīnā’s (Avicenna's) Qānūn
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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
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    Arabic
    • Farghānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr, fl 813-861, astronomer; also known as Alfraganus
    • al-Farghānī (Alfraganus) lived in the 9th century CE and this short introduction to astronomy is his
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 11
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1288
    Language
    Arabic
    • Farghānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr, fl 813-861, astronomer; also known as Alfraganus
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 131
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
    • It supplanted the works of Galen, al-Rāzī and al-Majūsī, and had an enormous influence on the teaching
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 131
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century (?)
    Language
    Arabic
    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
    • Decorated title-page in blue and gold.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. Or. 133
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1330–1450
    Language
    Latin, Arabic, Turkish
    • divinatory works, dating principally from the late 14th century A.D., containing astrological, astronomical and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. Or. 565
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • Abū Ma'shar, c 787-c 886, astrologer, astronomer; also known as Albumasar
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. Or. 565
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1476
    Language
    Arabic
    • Abū Ma'shar, c 787-c 886, astrologer, astronomer; also known as Albumasar
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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.221
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • Hermes Trismegistos was a Hellenistic incarnation of the ancient Egyptian Thoth, and the god of all magic
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 294
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Portolan atlas containing a world map, regional maps of the Mediterranean, and astronomical and chronological
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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
    • This copy contains only the last three books (maqālahs) of the treatise, of which Books 3 and 4 cover
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby Or. 17
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • who spent most of his working life in Cairo where he became ra’is al-aṭibbā’ (Chief of Physicians) and