Author
ʿABD AL RAḤĪM al-Mizzī. Author of the text
Subject
Astronomy
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
222
Physical Dimensions
Papier. - 222 feuillets. - Écritures diverses du XVe siècle. - Hauteur, 18 centimètres ; largeur, 13 centimètres et demi
Library
Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica
Record ID
ark:/12148/btv1b10037498t
Library Location
National Library of France
Date
19/03/2018
Notes
Contains: First and last leaf of ʿAbd al-Raḥîm al-Mizzî's treatise on the astrolabe; "The Detached Pearl, indicating the use of the quarter circle called destoûr", treatise on practical astronomy, applied to the determination of times, in sixty chapters, by Sibṭ al-Mâridînî; المطلب فى العمل بالربع المجيّب “Work where we find indicated the way of operating with the sine quarter circle”, by Badr al-Dîn Moḥammad ibn Moḥammad ibn Aḥmad, mowaqqit of the mosque of Al-Azhar, known as Sibṭ al-Mâridînî, died in 934 A.H. (1527-1528 A.D.); Miscellaneous notes relating to astronomy; غاية المطلب فى العمل بالربع الافاقى المجّيب “The Goal we seek and where we learn the use of the universal quarter circle with sine”; An ordjoûza on astronomy, by Abou ʾl-Khaïr, son of the cadi Aboû Saʿoûd; التحفة المنصورية فى معرفة الاوقات الشرعية “Present worthy of Al-Manṣoûr and teaching to recognize the times fixed by law (for prayer). » ; Treatise (faṣl) in twelve chapters on the use of the quarter circle called ربع المقنطرات; Treatise (faṣl) in ten chapters, on the use of the quarter circle with sine; Pamphlet in thirteen chapters, on the use of an astronomical instrument having the shape of a semi-circle, the circumference of which is divided into ninety equal parts and the radius into sixty parts; Treatise in eighteen chapters on an astronomical instrument, very similar to the one described in the previous article and called الجيب الغايب, by Schams al-Dîn al-Ghazoûlî
