Author
KŪYĀR ibn Labbān ibn Bāahrī al-Ğīlī (Abū al-Ḥasan). Author of the text
Subject
Astronomy
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
154
Physical Dimensions
Papier. - 154 feuillets. - Écritures diverses du XVIe siècle. - Hauteur, 31 centimètres et demi ; largeur, 17 centimètres
Library
Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica
Record ID
ark:/12148/btv1b10037500w
Library Location
National Library of France
Date
18/03/2018
Notes
Contains: Two fragments (the beginning and the end) of the work entitled الروض العاطر فى تلخيص زيج ابن الشاطر; Two tables, one of which shows the concordance of the lunar year with the solar year, and the other (within one minute), the positions of the sun, until the end of the year 1000 AH; Tables of the sun, moon and planets, table of elections (اختيارات), tables of astrological judgments, etc.; Blend of astronomy, astrology and chronology; "The Selections of ʿAlâ al-Dîn, made among the celestial elections", a treatise on astrology originally composed in Persian, by Fakhr al-Dîn ʿOmar al-Râzî for the sultan ʿAlâ al-Dîn Moḥammad ibn Khwarizm-Schâh, and translated into Arabic by an anonymous person; Treatise on the secret virtues of the letters of the alphabet; Cordoba Calendar; Perpetual calendar, titled: فصل فى علم اوقات السنة و فصولها و عدد شهورها و ايامها و مجارى الشمس فى بروجها و منازلها الخ ; كفاية القنوع “What is enough for him who is content with little”, treatise on the use of the quarter circle called الربع المقطوع, by Badr al-Dîn Moḥammad Sibṭ al-Mâridînî; “The Bright Stars, treatise on the use of the quadrant of a sine circle”, by Abou Horaïra ʿAbd al-Raḥmân ibn Benefschâ (بنفشا), mowaqqit of the Umayyad mosque, in Damascus; Description of an astrolabe called دايرة المعدّل, and instructions for its use, by the inventor of this instrument, ʿIzz al-Dîn ʿAbd al-ʿAzîz al-Wafâï, mowaqqit of the mosque of Damascus
