Author Original
Ibn Abī al-Shukr, Yaḥyá ibn Muḥammad al-Maghribī, -after 1281, creator
ابن ابي الشكر، يحيى بن محمد المغربي،, -after 1281
Publication Place
No place, unknown, or undetermined -
Subject
Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800
Astronomy--Early works to 1800
Astrolabes--Early works to 1800
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
1 v. (19 leaves) ; 20 cm.
Library
Harvard University | CURIOSity Collections
Record ID
990115386590203941
Library Location
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Date
1739
Notes
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This is the book on the flattening of the astrolabe, created by the Lord... :Incipit
According to the colophon, copy completed on 12 Ramaḍān 1152 AH [December 13, 1739 AD].
Written in one column, 17 lines per page, in black rubricated in red.
The manuscript is badly wormed.
In Arabic.
Tür
Early works to 1800
Şöyle Atıf Yapınız
MS Arab SM4288. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Dizi
Open Collections Program at Harvard University