Author
Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham
Publication Date
16th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IO Islamic 1270, ff 32v-47v
Record ID
vdc_100023697729.0x000009
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
16th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Treatise on moonlight by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham; d. ca 1040).
The text contains thirteen diagrams.
Begins (f. 32v, line 3):
The body of the moon changes its conditions and changes in the shapes of what appears luminous from its surface and the transmission of light
Erişim Koşulları
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Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition:
Alhazen, 'Fī ḍawʼ al-qamar',
Majmūʻ al-rasāʼil li-Abī ʻAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham al-Baṣrī
(Ḥaydarābād al-Dakan: Dāʼirat al-Maʻārif al-ʻUthmānīyah, 1357 [1938])
Study:
Sezgin, Fuat,
Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums
, vol. 5 (Leiden: Brill, 1974), p. 358-74