Kitāb al-ʿamal bi-al-kūrah al-falakīyah The Book of Working with the Astronomical Sphere Qusṭā ibn Lūqā Qusta ibn Luqā
( كتاب العمل بالكرة الفلكية قسطا بن لوقا)

Name: Kitāb al-ʿamal bi-al-kūrah al-falakīyah The Book of Working with the Astronomical Sphere Qusṭā ibn Lūqā Qusta ibn Luqā
Author: Qusṭā ibn Lūqā

Title	Kitāb al-ʿamal bi-al-kūrah al-falakīyah The Book of Working with the Astronomical Sphere Qusṭā ibn Lūqā Qusta ibn Luqā
Title Original	كتاب العمل بالكرة الفلكية قسطا بن لوقا
Author	Qusṭā ibn Lūqā
Publication Date:	Late 17th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	1
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	Add MS 9598, ff 139v-157v
Record ID	vdc_100157836372.0x00000c
Library Location	British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date	Late 17th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	A treatise on the use of the celestial globe by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (Qusta ibn Luke; ca 820-912). This work, in 65 short bābs (Chapter), was widely disseminated through at least two Arabic recensions. The present version of the text is dedicated to Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yaḥyá (Abu al-Hasan Abdullah ibn Yahya, see f. 139v, line 3-4). The work was very influential in Europe in the medieval period, having been translated into Latin (1256 or after-1271), Castilian (in 1259), Hebrew (before 1301), and Italian (in 1341). Beginnings (f. 139v, lines 3-6): It was written by Qust (!) Ibn Luke the Greek for Abu Al-Hasan Abdullah Ibn Yahya said, Al-Fadil defined him as a virtuous person, especially for his perfection of virtue It is few in every place and time, but in this time it is completely non-existent A walk that prolonged his life Ends (f. 157v, lines 4-9): ...a promise between The two signs are from the parts, so what came out to bury (?) the parts of that kwa Stay away from the height of your head in that country, God willing The book on working with the astronomical sphere was completed from the words of Qusta bin Luke Greek Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and prayers Peace be upon our master Muhammad
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları	Cureton, William and Charles Rieu, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens (London: The British Museum, 1846-71), Item 407, x, pp. 193-94
Seçilmiş kaynakça	Translation: Worrell, W, 'Qusta Ibn Luqa On The Use Of The Celestial Globe' Isis , 35 (1944), pp. 285-293 Studies: Dekker, Elly, 'The transmission of celestial cartography from the Arabic-Islamic world to Europe: Celestial maps in MS Schoenberg ljs 057', in Cartography Between Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic World , 1100-1500 (Leiden, Brill: 2021), pp. 91-112 Lorch, Richard and José Martínez Gázquez, 'Qusta ben Luca. De sphera uolubili', Suhayl 5 (2005), pp. 9–62 Samsó, Julio, 'Qusṭā ibn Lūqā and Alfonso X on the celestial globe', Suhayl , 5 (2005), pp. 63–79 Rosenfeld, B. A. and Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu, Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilization and Their Works (7th-19th c.), (Istanbul: IRCICA, 2003), p. 59 (no. 118), A1.

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Kitāb al-ʿamal bi-al-kūrah al-falakīyah The Book of Working with the Astronomical Sphere Qusṭā ibn Lūqā Qusta ibn Luqā

( كتاب العمل بالكرة الفلكية قسطا بن لوقا)

Author Qusṭā ibn Lūqā

Publication Date Late 17th century (CE, Gregorian)

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 1

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID Add MS 9598, ff 139v-157v

Record ID vdc_100157836372.0x00000c

Library Location British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Date Late 17th century (CE, Gregorian)

Notes A treatise on the use of the celestial globe by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (Qusta ibn Luke; ca 820-912). This work, in 65 short bābs (Chapter), was widely disseminated through at least two Arabic recensions. The present version of the text is dedicated to Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yaḥyá (Abu al-Hasan Abdullah ibn Yahya, see f. 139v, line 3-4). The work was very influential in Europe in the medieval period, having been translated into Latin (1256 or after-1271), Castilian (in 1259), Hebrew (before 1301), and Italian (in 1341). Beginnings (f. 139v, lines 3-6): It was written by Qust (!) Ibn Luke the Greek for Abu Al-Hasan Abdullah Ibn Yahya said, Al-Fadil defined him as a virtuous person, especially for his perfection of virtue It is few in every place and time, but in this time it is completely non-existent A walk that prolonged his life Ends (f. 157v, lines 4-9): ...a promise between The two signs are from the parts, so what came out to bury (?) the parts of that kwa Stay away from the height of your head in that country, God willing The book on working with the astronomical sphere was completed from the words of Qusta bin Luke Greek Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and prayers Peace be upon our master Muhammad

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Bulma Yardımcıları Cureton, William and Charles Rieu, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens (London: The British Museum, 1846-71), Item 407, x, pp. 193-94

Seçilmiş kaynakça Translation: Worrell, W, 'Qusta Ibn Luqa On The Use Of The Celestial Globe' Isis , 35 (1944), pp. 285-293 Studies: Dekker, Elly, 'The transmission of celestial cartography from the Arabic-Islamic world to Europe: Celestial maps in MS Schoenberg ljs 057', in Cartography Between Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic World , 1100-1500 (Leiden, Brill: 2021), pp. 91-112 Lorch, Richard and José Martínez Gázquez, 'Qusta ben Luca. De sphera uolubili', Suhayl 5 (2005), pp. 9–62 Samsó, Julio, 'Qusṭā ibn Lūqā and Alfonso X on the celestial globe', Suhayl , 5 (2005), pp. 63–79 Rosenfeld, B. A. and Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu, Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilization and Their Works (7th-19th c.), (Istanbul: IRCICA, 2003), p. 59 (no. 118), A1.