Publication Date
639 (AH, Hijri)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 7473, ff 81v-102v
Record ID
vdc_100023677047.0x00000b
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
639 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Arabic translation of the
Planetary hypotheses
(Ὑποθέσεις τῶν πλανωμένων, Book of Retribution) of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168).
The work is divided into two books:
Book One (first article, ff. 81v-92v);
Book Two (Article Two, ff.).
The original Greek text of Book Two is lost.
Book One begins (f. 81v, lines 4-6):
The first article from Ptolemy's book on the body called Retribution
Ptolemy said, “O Syrian, we have described the sayings that we have described regarding educational matters.”
We proved this with a demonstrative analogy...
Book one
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 92v, lines 10-13):
The first article of the crop is done
By Ptolemy Al-Faludi and Wahib
The mind always praises, there is no Lord but Him
There is no god but Him
Book Two begins (f. 93r, lines 2-4):
The second article from Ptolemy's book on the body called retribution
Talmius said: As for what is known about the proportions of astronomical movements through observations that...
It has been up to this point...
Book Two ends (f. 102v, lines 15-17):
...and which
It meets the fourth degree, which is the distance of the center of the planet from the northernmost point of the orbit, which is tilted from the orbit
Rotation is what follows from the upper bow
BookTwo
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 102v, lines 18-21):
The second article was made from Ptolemy's book
In the body called retaliation and the book was completed
In its entirety, praise and gratitude are always given to the Giver of the mind
There is no Lord other than Him
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Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition and German translation of original Greek text of Book One:
Claudii Ptolemaei opera quae exstant omnia
, Vol. 2,
Opera astronomica minora
, ed. by Johan Ludvig Heiberg (Leipzig: Teubner, 1907) pp. 70-107
Editions and translations of the Arabic text:
Goldstein, Bernard R., 'The Arabic Version of Ptolemy’s "Planetary Hypotheses"',
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
, new series, 54, 4 (1967) 3-55
Morelon, Regis, 'La Version Arabe Du Livre Des Hypothèses De Ptolémée',
Mélanges Institut Dominicain d’Études Orientales du Cairo
, 21 (1993) 7-85
