Author
Theodosius of Bithynia
Publication Date
Rajab 1014 (H, Hijri Kamari)
Publication Place
Yazd -
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 23570, ff 76r-82r
Record ID
vdc_100023431932.0x00000b
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
Rajab 1014 (H, Hijri Kamari)
Notes
Arabic version of the
This habit
(Περὶ οἰκήσεων; Book of Dwellings), a work on astronomy by Theodosius of Bithynia (Theodosius; Θεοδοìσιος; c 160-c 100 BC), translated from the Greek by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (Qusta ibn Luke; c 820-912). The text contains twelve diagrams.
The copy was completed at Yazd in Rajab 1014/November 1605 by Ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥīm Abū al-Qāsim Yaḥyá al-Astar’ābādī (Ibn Abd al-Rahim Abu al-Qasim Yahya al-Astarabadi; see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 82r, lines 9-11, transcribed below).
The title page (f. 7r) and f. 76r give the author's name as Theodosius. Both the title page and the title appearing on f. 76r were written by a hand later than that of the main scribe.
Beginnings (f. 76v, lines 2-4):
The book of Theodosius on dwellings was quoted by Qusta bin Luke in twelve forms
For those whose dwellings are below the North Pole, the half of the sphere of all is forever visible to them, and the half of the sphere of all that is hidden from them is forever hidden from them.
And none of the stars rises from them or disappears from them...
Ends (f. 82r, lines 6-7):
The sun moves it in two-thirds of days, so the day at the time of the summer solstice is two-thirds of a day and it appears to us that there is still a remainder
Day until the rest of the night, all of it, and that is what we wanted to explain
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 82r, lines 8-12):
The book was completed with God’s help, good success, prayers and peace
Upon his Prophet Muhammad and his pure family in the town of Yazd
Rajab Al-Marjab in the year one thousand fourteen and its writer
Abu Al-Qasim Yahya Al-Astarabadi
May God forgive him and his parents, Amen
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Edition and translation:
Theodosius,
De habitationibus: Arabic and medieval Latin translations
, Paul Kunitzsch and Richard Lorch, eds. and trans., (München: Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission beim Verlag C.H. Beck, 2011)
Edition of original Greek text:
Theodosii De habitationibus liber: De diebus et noctibus libri duo
, Rudolf Fecht, trans, (Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1927)