Baillie, John Baillie, of Leys, 1835-1890 (donor of the Oriental Manuscripts Collection)
Person
Biography
John B. Baillie of Leys bequeathed 165 Arabic and Persian manuscripts - the collection of John Baillie, his grandfather - to the University Library in 1876.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
تحریر المجستي Taḥrīr al-Mijistī, 1011 A.H., 1602 C.E.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 396
Scope and Contents
A slightly defective copy of Nasīr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (died 672 A.H., 1274 C.E.) edition of the Arabic version of Almagest by Claudius Ptolemy (c.100–170 C.E.), a 2nd-century Greek-language treatise on mathematics and astronomy concerning the planetary paths and motions of the stars.
The present copy contains many astronomical tables and diagrams; headings in red; an innumerable amount of glosses on the margin.
Dates:
1011 A.H.; 1602 C.E.
تحریر المجستي Taḥrīr al-Mijistī, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 397
Scope and Contents
A defective copy of Nasīr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (died 672 A.H., 1274 C.E.) edition of the Arabic version of Almagest by Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100 – 170 C.E.), a 2nd-century Greek-language treatise on mathematics and astronomy concerning the planetary paths and motions of the stars.In the present copy the tables are left blank. Of the 13 articles, or sections of the work, only six are marked here. This may be due to a lacuna. The first eight...
Dates:
undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)
معراج التوحید Mi'rāj al-Tawḥīd, 1222 A.H., 1807 C.E.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 93
Scope and Contents
A treatise in verse on the knowledge of the stars with a commentary upon the same in prose, by Mīrzā Abū Ṭalib Khān b. Ḥājjī Muḥammad Beg Khān Hindī Isfahānī (d. 1220 or 1221 A.H., 1805-1806 C.E.) The author in the introduction states that he was requested on his return from Europe by a friend to write his latest observations in the science of astronomy; the present treatise was accordingly compiled after a labour of two months in 1219 A.H. (1804 C.E.), and dedicated to Abū al-Fatḥ Sulṭān...
Dates:
1222 A.H.; 1807 C.E.