Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria : the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Din al-Misri / by Francois Charette.

Name: Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria : the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Din al-Misri / by Francois Charette.
Author: Charette, Francois, 1970-

Title	Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria : the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Din al-Misri / by Francois Charette.
Author	Charette, Francois, 1970-
Publication Date:	2003
Publication Place	Leiden ; Boston - Brill
Type	Book
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	584
Library:	University of Bielefeld Library
Record ID	991025822132806442
Date	2003
Notes	This volume contains the critical edition with English translation of a richly-illustrated Arabic treatise on the construction of over one hundred various astronomical instruments, many of which are otherwise unknown to specialists. It was composed by Najm al-Dīn al-Misrī, a rather shadowy figure, in Cairo ca. 1330. The edition is accompanied by a detailed technical and historical commentary, which is framed as a self-standing essay on Islamic mathematical instrumentation. While this essay/commentary is mainly based on Najm al-Dīn's treatise, it also benefits from the consultation of a large number of previously unstudied manuscripts, and includes a discussion of all relevant sources from the period 800-1500.
Baskı	1st ed.
İlgili kişiler	Misri, Muhammad ibn Muhammad, 14th cent
ISBN	1-280-46742-8 9786610467426 1-4237-1177-7 90-474-0217-0
ISSN	0169-8729 ;
Dizi başlığı	Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; ; v. 51.

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Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria : the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Din al-Misri / by Francois Charette.

Author Charette, Francois, 1970-

Publication Date 2003

Publication Place Leiden ; Boston - Brill

Type Book

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 584

Library University of Bielefeld Library

Record ID 991025822132806442

Date 2003

Notes This volume contains the critical edition with English translation of a richly-illustrated Arabic treatise on the construction of over one hundred various astronomical instruments, many of which are otherwise unknown to specialists. It was composed by Najm al-Dīn al-Misrī, a rather shadowy figure, in Cairo ca. 1330. The edition is accompanied by a detailed technical and historical commentary, which is framed as a self-standing essay on Islamic mathematical instrumentation. While this essay/commentary is mainly based on Najm al-Dīn's treatise, it also benefits from the consultation of a large number of previously unstudied manuscripts, and includes a discussion of all relevant sources from the period 800-1500.

Baskı 1st ed.

İlgili kişiler Misri, Muhammad ibn Muhammad, 14th cent

ISBN 1-280-46742-8 9786610467426 1-4237-1177-7 90-474-0217-0

ISSN 0169-8729 ;

Dizi başlığı Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; ; v. 51.