Yazar
Cairo
Basım Tarihi
c. 1550
Tür
Belge
Dil
Arapça
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar
214 mm x 157 mm x 12 mm (height x width x depth)
Kütüphane
Chester Beatty
Kayıt Numarası
Ar 5232
Lokasyon
Arabic collection
Tarih
c. 1550
Notlar
Sublime Methods in Spiritual Devices (al-Ṭuruq al-saniyya fī al-ālāt al-ruḥāniyya), by Taqī al-Dīn (1526-1585). Taqī al-Dīn was a renowned scientist, who worked in Ottoman Egypt and Syria, and later at the imperial capital of Istanbul, where he built an observatory. Organised in six chapters, this treatise is about hydraulic engineering, and describes machines for lifting weights, raising water, playing musical instruments, and irrigation, as well as water clocks (clepsydras) and a self-moving spit operated by a steam turbine. Codex, ink and colours on paper, 44 folios, Arabic text in naskh script, with headings in red, and mechanical diagrams (up to fol. 26v, with blank spaces thereafter), Sublime Methods in Spiritual Devices (al-Ṭuruq al-saniyya fī al-ālāt al-ruḥāniyya), by Taqī al-Dīn Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Qādhī Ma’rūf ibn Ahmad al-Shāmī al-‘Asadī al-Rāsid (1526-1585), on hydraulic engineering, identified as autograph copy, possibly Cairo, Egypt, undated, c. 1550.
Materyal
Paper (material), Ink (material), Pigment (material)
Nesne Adı
Codex
Yazı Tipi
Naskh script