Author
Kalambawī, Ismāʻīl ibn Muṣṭafá, active 18th century?
Publication Date
1800
Subject
Quadrants (Astronomical instruments), Quadrants (Astronomical instruments) /
Early works to 1800., Astronomical instruments, Astronomical instruments /
Early works to 1800., Astronomy, Arab, Astronomy, Arab /
Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic /
Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan /
Ann Arbor.
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Unknown
Physical Dimensions
1 v. ([130] p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
002583093
Library Location
University of Michigan
Notes
About: "A treatise on the use of the sine quadrant in 17 marṣads." David A. King, A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, 1986), p. 176. | Watermarks: Crown with shield and 3 stars; initials OA/C in roman with crown; lion.
Contains diagrams.
Text rubricated; marginal commentary in hand of copyist.
Date and name of copyist in colophon: Muṣṭafá ... sanat 1211 fī Ramaḍān [February-March 1797].
Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34.