Author
Theodosius of Bithynia
Publication Date
18 Friday I 1198 (AH, Hijri)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IO Islamic 923, ff 11v-21r
Record ID
vdc_100023602345.0x000002
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
18 Friday I 1198 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Arabic version of the
This habit
(Περὶ οἰκήσεων; Book of Dwellings), a work on astronomy by Theodosius of Bithynia (Theodosius; Θεοδόσιος; c 160-c 100 BC), translated from the Greek by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (Qusta ibn Luke; c 820-912).
The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 21r) following the text. At the end of the text is a collation note in Persian dated 18 Jumādá I without mention of the year (f. 9v), probably 1198 (9 April 1784).
Contents:
Beginnings (f. 11v, lines 2-4):
Editing the Book of Residences by Theodosius, which has twelve forms
Qusta bin Luqa Al-Baalbaki moved whose homes are under the North Pole
The hemisphere of the whole that is visible to them is always visible to them itself...
Ends (f. 20v, lines 1-5):
So the light of the sun at the time of its being on the arc of A F will be visible
On the horizon of Qah, then day will be near
For a month and it seems that for the rest of the days
To its nights each ratio
That's what we wanted
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Edition and translation:
Theodosius,
De habitationibus: Arabic and medieval Latin translations
, Paul Kunitzsch and Richard Lorch, eds. and trans., (München: Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission beim Verlag C.H. Beck, 2011)
Edition of Original Greek text:
Theodosii De habitationibus liber: De diebus et noctibus libri duo
, Rudolf Fecht, trans, (Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1927)
