Author
the mathematician
Publication Date
Friday I 1198 (AH, Hijri)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IO Islamic 1249, ff 231v-238r
Record ID
vdc_100023285040.0x000007
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
Friday I 1198 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Arabic version of the
Dimensions circle
(Κύκλου μέτρησις; On the Breaking of the Circle) by the mathematician (Ἀρχιμήδης; Archimedes; fl. 3rd century BC).
The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 238r) following the text.
Begins (f. 231v, line 11-f. 232r, line 2):
...Archimedes' treatise on crushing
The circle is three shapes. Each circle is equal to a right-angled triangle
One of the suburbs of the circumference of a right angle is equal to the radius of that surface
The circle...
Ends (f. 237r, lines 9-11):
The ratio of the square of the diameter to the surface
The circle is a ratio of twenty-eight to twenty-two, or even a ratio of fourteen to one
Ten, that's what we wanted...
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 237r, lines 11-12):
...This is the completion of the statement about breaking the circle and stopping the speech
We are grateful to God Almighty for his good success
Erişim Koşulları
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Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition of original Greek text:
Archimedis opera omnia, cum commentariis Eutocii
, Vol. I, J.L. Heiberg, ed., (Liepzig: Teubner, 1880)
