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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 210
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    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. Laud Or. 210
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century (?)
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    Arabic
    • Aristotle (attributed to)
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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
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    Arabic
    • >The copy is undated and unsigned, but the general appearance of the paper (which has been severely water-damaged
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 54
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    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
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    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 214
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    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. Huntington 263
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    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
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    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
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    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. 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
    • apparently records myths of origin and the migratory journey of historical or mythical ancestors up to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 375
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    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
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    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. Pococke 248
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    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. 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 dedicated to the Būyid ruler ’Adud al-Dawlah Fanā-Khusraw (reg. 338 AH/949 CE−372 AH/983 CE).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 214
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    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 66
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • Sa’īd ibn Hibat Allāh, Abū al-Ḥasan was a Nestorian Christian court physician to the ’Abbāsid caliphs
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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
    Language
    Arabic
    • note stating that on 12 Ramaḍān 988 AH (21 Oct. 1580 CE) there arrived an order from Constantinople to
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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
    • 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. Arch. Seld. A.11
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • 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. Pococke 125
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Book 2 and 4 is devoted to physics (al-ṭabi’īyāt), i.e. natural philosophy, and Section 6 (Kitāb al-nafs