Author
the astronomer and mathematician Hypsicles of Alexandria
Publication Date
Friday I 1198 (AH, Hijri)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IO Islamic 1249, ff 111v-116r
Record ID
vdc_100023285040.0x000005
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
Friday I 1198 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Arabic version of the
Anaphoricus
(Ἀναφορικός; in readings) by the astronomer and mathematician Hypsicles of Alexandria (Ὑψικλῆς; Iscalaus [here written Isclaus and Isclaus]; first half of 2nd century BC), translated from the Greek by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (Qusta ibn Luke; d. ca 912), revised by al-Kindī (d. ca 873) and presented here in the edition of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (d. 1274).
The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 116r) following the text.
Beginnings (f. 111v, lines 2-5):
Isclaus's book on readings was edited by Al-Kindi, and it was narrated by Qusta ibn Luqa
Baalbaki, which includes a third of a m
Ends (115r, lines 2-4):
...And if we know the beginnings of the part
The increases were known, so the increases of all parts were known
What we wanted...
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(115r, lines 4-5):
...The book of Aesclaus was completed
In the readings
Erişim Koşulları
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Edition:
Hypsicles,
Kitāb al-Maṭāliʿ
, in
Majm
ūʿ al-rasāʼil ḥarrarahā Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī
(Ḥaydarābād al-Dakkan: Dāʼirat al-Maʿārif al-ʿUthmānīyah, 1358-1359 [1939-1940])
Edition of original Greek text, Arabic version, and German translation:
Die Aufgangszeiten der Gestirne, Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. Philologisch-Historische Klasse, 3. Folge, Nr.62,
V. de Falco and M. Krause, eds (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck u. Ruprecht, 1966)
