Treatise on the making of astronomical instruments : manuscript, [early to mid 17th century?].

Title	Treatise on the making of astronomical instruments : manuscript, [early to mid 17th century?].
Publication Date:	1600
Subject	Astronomical instruments., Astronomy, Arab., Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan / Ann Arbor.
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	Unknown
Physical Dimensions	1 v. ([264] p.) : ill. ; 19 cm
Library:	HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID	002601793
Library Location	University of Michigan
Notes	About: "Said by the dealer from whom it was purchased to be a rare work on astronomical instruments by Abū Jaʻfar Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, al-Ṭūsī, 587/1201-672/1274. No such treatise by Naṣīr al-Dīn is listed among his works by Suter or Brockelmann, and the author's name does not appear in this manuscript.... The beginning [is] lost ... it is apparent that many other folios have been either lost or misplaced." Cataloging by Elinor M. Husselman, 1945. Instructions on how to make astrolabes and other astronomical manuscripts, and how to use them in astronomical observations. \| Contains tables and diagrams of the markings on astronomical instruments. Text rubricated; marginal notes in hand of copyist and others. Microfilm available in repository. Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owner's mark: on p. [264], notice of purchase, with no name: milk al-shir[ā]ʼ al-ṣaḥīḥ al-sharʻī.

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Treatise on the making of astronomical instruments : manuscript, [early to mid 17th century?].

Publication Date 1600

Subject Astronomical instruments., Astronomy, Arab., Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan / Ann Arbor.

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript Unknown

Physical Dimensions 1 v. ([264] p.) : ill. ; 19 cm

Library HathiTrust Digital Library

Record ID 002601793

Library Location University of Michigan

Notes About: "Said by the dealer from whom it was purchased to be a rare work on astronomical instruments by Abū Jaʻfar Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, al-Ṭūsī, 587/1201-672/1274. No such treatise by Naṣīr al-Dīn is listed among his works by Suter or Brockelmann, and the author's name does not appear in this manuscript.... The beginning [is] lost ... it is apparent that many other folios have been either lost or misplaced." Cataloging by Elinor M. Husselman, 1945. Instructions on how to make astrolabes and other astronomical manuscripts, and how to use them in astronomical observations. | Contains tables and diagrams of the markings on astronomical instruments. Text rubricated; marginal notes in hand of copyist and others. Microfilm available in repository. Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owner's mark: on p. [264], notice of purchase, with no name: milk al-shir[ā]ʼ al-ṣaḥīḥ al-sharʻī.