Essays on astronomy, astronomical computations, and astrology
(Essays on astronomy, astronomical computations, and astrology)

Name: Essays on astronomy, astronomical computations, and astrology
Author: ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621, attributed name

İsim	Essays on astronomy, astronomical computations, and astrology
İsim Orijinal	Essays on astronomy, astronomical computations, and astrology
Yazar	ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621, attributed name
Yazar Orijinal	ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621, attributed name
Konu	Astronomy, Arab > Early works to 1800. Astrolabes > Islamic Empire > Early works to 1800. Astronomy > Mathematics > Early works to 1800. Mathematics > Early works to 1800. Geometry > Islamic countries > History. Manuscripts, Persian.
Tür	Belge
Dil	ara,fas
Dijital	Hayır
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	1 volume (253 leaves) : illustrations ; 11 x 21 cm
Kütüphane:	Cornell Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi
Kayıt Numarası	15168767
Lokasyon	Cornell University Library
Notlar	Compilation of miscellaneous articles, most apparently by the same copyist, perhaps copied for his personal use. Pagination of the manuscript is inconsistent. It is apparent the articles were not bound together in the order in which they were written. Written in naskh in black ink with use of red for some illustrations.
Örnek Metin	A compilation of notes concerning the sciences, for a reader fluent in both Farsi and Arabic. It includes a treatise on questions concerning astronomy and the use of the astrolable (leaves 1-18); short abstracts from a book about the sphere (?) attributed to Sheikh Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn ʻĀmilī (leaves 19-22); quotes from a treatise on the design of astrolabes (leaf 23); a work on the science of calculation (leaves 122-144); Risala fi al-Handassa, a treatise on geometry (?) (leaves 175-201); and Talkhis fi Ilm al-Ma'ani, on the Arabic language and the use of rhetoric (?). Bound in morocco, the volume is in sefina format, oblong and narrow so as to facilitate notetaking and to be easily carried in the pocket.
Biyografik/Tarihsel not	Sheikh Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn ʻĀmilī was a Persian judge, mathematician, astronomer, and architect who lived and worked mainly in Isfahan, in what is now Iran. He was responsible for the revival of the mathematical sciences in Iran, and was one of the very few Muslim scholars who advocated for the idea that the Earth rotates as early as the 16th century, independent of Western influences.
Kaynak göster	Essays on astronomy, astronomical computations, and astrology, #8039 Bd. Ms. 19. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Üretildi	Iran?, 1729.

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Essays on astronomy, astronomical computations, and astrology

(Essays on astronomy, astronomical computations, and astrology)

Yazar ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621, attributed name

Yazar Orijinal ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621, attributed name

Konu Astronomy, Arab > Early works to 1800. Astrolabes > Islamic Empire > Early works to 1800. Astronomy > Mathematics > Early works to 1800. Mathematics > Early works to 1800. Geometry > Islamic countries > History. Manuscripts, Persian.

Tür Belge

Dil ara,fas

Dijital Hayır

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar 1 volume (253 leaves) : illustrations ; 11 x 21 cm

Kütüphane Cornell Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi

Kayıt Numarası 15168767

Lokasyon Cornell University Library

Notlar Compilation of miscellaneous articles, most apparently by the same copyist, perhaps copied for his personal use. Pagination of the manuscript is inconsistent. It is apparent the articles were not bound together in the order in which they were written. Written in naskh in black ink with use of red for some illustrations.

Örnek Metin A compilation of notes concerning the sciences, for a reader fluent in both Farsi and Arabic. It includes a treatise on questions concerning astronomy and the use of the astrolable (leaves 1-18); short abstracts from a book about the sphere (?) attributed to Sheikh Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn ʻĀmilī (leaves 19-22); quotes from a treatise on the design of astrolabes (leaf 23); a work on the science of calculation (leaves 122-144); Risala fi al-Handassa, a treatise on geometry (?) (leaves 175-201); and Talkhis fi Ilm al-Ma'ani, on the Arabic language and the use of rhetoric (?). Bound in morocco, the volume is in sefina format, oblong and narrow so as to facilitate notetaking and to be easily carried in the pocket.

Biyografik/Tarihsel not Sheikh Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn ʻĀmilī was a Persian judge, mathematician, astronomer, and architect who lived and worked mainly in Isfahan, in what is now Iran. He was responsible for the revival of the mathematical sciences in Iran, and was one of the very few Muslim scholars who advocated for the idea that the Earth rotates as early as the 16th century, independent of Western influences.

Kaynak göster Essays on astronomy, astronomical computations, and astrology, #8039 Bd. Ms. 19. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Üretildi Iran?, 1729.