Author
Aṣbagh ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Samḥ (author)
Publication Date
1300/1399
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Ff. 25v-55v
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100023486831.0x000002_ar | 81055/vdc_100023486831.0x000002_en | Add MS 9602, ff 25v-55v
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100023486831.0x000002_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1300/1399
Notes
A treatise on the use of the astrolabe by the Andalusian astronomer and mathematician Abū al-Qāsim Aṣbagh ibn Muḥammad al-Gharnāṭī Ibn al-Samḥ (Abu al-Qasim Asbagh ibn Muhammad al-Gharnati ibn al-Samh, 979-1035). The text is divided into 130 sections (sections). A list of the sections and their titles is found on ff. 25v-28v. This copy is defective at the end, and ends abruptly during section 139 (see ending, f. 55v, lines 17-19, transcribed below). On the description of the astrolabe, the naming of its parts, and its layout...Ends (f. 55v, lines 17-19):... The chapter is about knowing the position of the sun by a circle working on the back of the astrolabe. He made two circles (?) in Talil (?) Stuub (?), one of which is used to extend the month and its days. I mean | Ff. 25v-55v | more | less
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