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 28r-32r
Record ID
vdc_100023697729.0x000008
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
16th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Treatise 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) on a proposal from the prolegomena of the Banū Mūsá (Banū Musa, fl. 9th century) to the
Conics
(Κωνικά; Book of Conics) by Apollonius of Perga (Ἀπολλώνιος; Apollonius; fl ca 200 BC).
The text contains five diagrams.
Begins (f. 28r, line 3):
One of the forms that the Banu Musa presented for the proofs of the Book of Conics is the last form
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition:
Ibn al-Haytham, 'Fī shakl Banī Mūsá', in
Majmūʿ al-rasāʼil li-Abī ʻAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham al-Baṣrī
(Ḥaydarābād: Dāʼirat al-Maʿārif al-ʿUthmānīyah, 1357 [1938])
Study:
Sezgin, Fuat,
Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums
, vol. 5 (Leiden: Brill, 1974), p. 358-74
