Author
Nīsābūrī, Niẓām al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad, $d d. 1328 or 9
Publication Date
704 [1305]
Subject
Ptolemy,--2nd cent.--Almagest | Surfaces--Areas and volumes--Early works to 1800 | Astronomy--Early works to 1800 | Mathematics, Greek--Early works to 1800 | Archimedes.--Dimensio circuli | Geometry--Early works to 1800; Sharḥ al-MajasṭīRisālah fī tarbīʿ al-dāʾirah
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
656
Physical Dimensions
19 x 12 cm.
Library
UCLA Digital Library
Library Asset ID
40
Record ID
zz000ssdj7
Library Location
Minasian (Caro) Collection of Persian and Arabic Manuscripts - University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Date
1305
Notes
Pencil pagination is incorrect due to detached folio. Folio labeled with page 141 and page 142 is actually page 86 and page 85, respectively.See GAL(2), vol. 1, p. 674 | A commentary on Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī's Taḥrīr al-Mijisṭī, an epitome of Euclid's Almagest on astronomy. Page 650 describes the work as an autograph of the commentator on astronomy and geometry. Includes diagrams. The last pages (653-655) of the work contain an explanation of the Archimedean determination of surface area, titled Risālah fī Tarbī‘ al-dā’irah, attributed to Ibn Haytham. | public domain
