Author
Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Khafrī al-Kāshī
Publication Date
1605-1610 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 23570, ff 83v-85r
Record ID
vdc_100023431932.0x00000c
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
1605-1610 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Two excerpts from texts on astronomy with comments. The first (ff. 83v-84v) is from a commentary on Ptolemy's (بطلميوس, Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168)
Almagest
(كتاب المجسطي), and relates to the question of the use of the term 'widest (أوسع)' in relation to figures of circles; it contains one diagram. The second (ff. 84v-85r) is a comment on a work by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Khafrī al-Kāshī (شمس الدين محمد بن أحمد الخفري الكاشي; d. after 1525).
Erişim Koşulları
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