Author
Abū 'Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn 'Īsá al-Māhānī
Publication Date
4 Rabī‘ II 548 (AH, Hijri)
Publication Place
Damascus -
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
225 x 160 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 13127
Record ID
vdc_100000038406.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
4 Rabī‘ II 548 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
An early copy of Aḥmad ibn Abī Sa‘d al-Harawī's (Ahmad ibn Abi Sa‘d al-Harawī; d. ca. AD 1000) revised edition of the Arabic translation of Menelaus of Alexandria's (fl. ca. AD 100) Greek treatise on spherical trigonometry known as
The Book of al-Ashkal al-Kurriyah
(Book in the Forms of Work) or simply as
Kitāb al-Ukar
(Kitab al-Akr;
Sphaericorum
), based on an earlier translation by Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsá al-Māhānī (Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn 'Isa al-Mahānī; d. ca 888).
This copy was completed at Damascus on 4 Rabī‘ II 548/29 June 1153 by Isma‘īl (Ismael), who copied the text from a manuscript owned by the mathematician Najm al-Dīn Abū al-Futūḥ ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sarī ibn al-Ṣalāḥ (d. 548/1154; cf
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
of f. 51r, transcribed below). The marginalia contains many comments by Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ.
Contents:
Introduction of Aḥmad ibn Abi Sa‘d al-Harawī (pp. 1v-2r);
Book 1 or Prolegomena (Preface; ff. 2r-36r);
Book 2 (Second Article from the Book of Manalaus in the Creations; ff. 36v-45r);
Book 3 (The Third Treatise from the Book of Manalaus in the Creations; ff. 45v-51r);
90 spherical figures headed 'Figures of the
Book of Spheres
by Menelaus, transcribed from an uncorrected copy but translated according to the first edition' these are the same figures as those found in the main text (ff. 51v-55r);
Eight lines of text concerning scholastic theology (
kalām
) in response to a passage from al-Sayyid al-Sharīf 'Alī ibn Muhammad ibn 'Alī al-Ḥusaynī al-Jurjānī's (1340-1413)
Kitāb al-mawāqif there is 'ilm al-kalām
and some notes on fractions of dry measures (the
qadaḥ
and
ardabb
) both in the hand of their author Fatḥ al-Dīn ibn Muẓaffar al-Ṣiddīqī, writing at a study meeting (
ḥalqah
; or perhaps in seclusion
khalwah
]) at the Mosque of Sultan al-Ghūrī in Cairo, in 915 AH/AD 1509-10 (f. 55v).
Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-5):
The book Manalaus in the forms of the curry
Ahmad ibn Abi Saeed al-Harwi said about the road to Manalas in this book
It is strange that none of the progressives in this sense should be afraid of him
Consider this kind of project from singular geometry.
Ends (f. 51r, lines 1-5):
D. I and
Matthew Kant's proportion of the smaller
إلى أعظم ومتی كان يد صلع
square or square square and so on
ما أردنا أن يبين
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 51r, lines 6-14):
The third article from the book Manalaus has ended
In the forms of the work I said the book is sealed
And that is on the second day of Rabi' al-Akhr
Two and forty and five months of the Prophetic Hijra
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family
Hasbuna Allah and Na'am al-Wakil
Ismail said he copied this copy in Damascus from the copy of Sayyidna al-Sheikh al-Ajl
Imam al-Alam al-Fazil al-Zahid Najmuddin Sayyid al-Hikma al-Badi'
Al-Zaman Abi al-Futuh Ahmad ibn al-Suri
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
to the figures (f. 55r, lines 1-2):
The shape of a book was made by children
Praise be to Allah, the One, and His peace be upon Muhammad and his family
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Köken
This copy was completed at Damascus on 4 Rabī‘ II 548/29 June 1153 by Isma‘īl (إسمعيل), presumably a student of the mathematician Najm al-Dīn Abū al-Futūḥ ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Sarī ibn al-Ṣalāḥ (d. 548/1154) whose copy of the text he made his transcription from (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
of f. 51r).
The title page (f. 1r) contains at least one owner's inscription and two seals (from top down):
Imām Ḥusayn (?; rest of name illegible): his inscription, undated;
Anonymous seal, possibly dated but numerals not legible, inscribed 'There is no power except God (لا قوة إلا الله)';
Muṣṭafá Ṣidqī: his seal, dated but date illegible.
Folio 55v bears a note by Fatḥ al-Dīn ibn Muẓaffar al-Ṣiddīqī, written at the Mosque of Sulṭān al-Ghūrī in Cairo, in 915 AH/AD 1509-10.
ilgili birincil kaynaklar
Leiden, MS Or. 399
