Author
Cheikho
Publication Date
19th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
240 x 174 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 9649
Record ID
vdc_100022547972.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
19th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Three technical treatises (رسالات) on the construction of musical organs attributed to author Mūrisṭus (مورسطس), variously and tentatively identified as Ariston (the dedicatee of the
Pneumatica
of Philo of Byzantium, d. c 220 BC), Ameristos (an early Greek mathematician mentioned in Proclus' [d. 485] commentary on Euclid's
Elements
), and Ctesibius (d. c 222 BC; see Farmer,
Organ of the Ancients
, 1931, pp. 16-20). The treatises have been edited by Cheikho ('Thalāth maqālāt ‘arabīyah al-munaghghimah', 1906) and the first two treatises have been translated into English by Farmer (
Organ of the Ancients
, [treatise two] pp. 63-70 and [treatise one] 128-135).
Contents:
(1)
Ṣan‘at al-arghīn al-būqī
(صنعة الأرغين البوقي; ff. 1v-5r);
(2)
Ṣan‘at al-arghīn al-zamarī
(صنعة الأرغين الزمري; ff. 6v-10v);
(3)
Ṣan‘at al-juljul
(صنعة الجلجل; ff. 11v-13r).
One diagram at the end of each treatise: ff. 5r, 10v and 13r. Folios 1r, 5v, 6r and 11r are blank.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Dr A.S. Yahuda, 10 October 1925
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Ṣan‘at al-arghīn al-būqī صنعة الأرغين البوقي Mūrisṭus مورسطس
10 images
Ref: Or 9649, ff 1v-5r
Ṣan‘at al-arghīn al-zamarī صنعة الأرغين الزمري Mūrisṭus مورسطس
10 images
Ref: Or 9649, ff 6v-10v
Ṣan‘at al-juljul صنعة الجلجل Mūrisṭus مورسطس
5 images
Ref: Or 9649, ff 11v-13r
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition:
Cheikho, Louis, 'Thalāth maqālāt ‘arabīyah fī al-ālāt al-munaghghimah',
Al-Machriq
, 9, (1906), 18-28
Translation and study:
Farmer, Henry George,
The Organ of the Ancients from Eastern Sources: Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic
(London: William Reeves, 1931)
