Author
Theodosius (author) | Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (translator)
Publication Date
1605/1610
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Astronomy--Early works to 1800 | more | less
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Ff. 70r-75r
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100023431932.0x00000a_ar | 81055/vdc_100023431932.0x00000a_en | Add MS 23570, ff 70r-75r
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100023431932.0x00000a_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1605/1610
Notes
Arabic version of the
De diebus et noctibus (Περὶ ἡμερῶν καὶ νυκτῶν; The Book of Day and Night) a work on astronomy by Theodosius of Bithynia (Theodosius; Θεοδόσιος; c 160-c 100 BC). The translator is said to be Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (Ishaq ibn Hunayn, d. c 910; see f. 70v, line 2, transcribed below), the son of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (Hunayn ibn Ishaq, d. 873). The text is divided into two books (two articles), but this copy is defective at the end, and contains only the first ten propositions (out of a total of twelve) of Book One. The text contains eleven diagrams.F. 70r contains notes on hadith material in Arabic and Persian. The title page (f. 7r) and f. 70r give the author's name as Theodosius of Os. Both the title page and the title appearing on f. 70r were written by a hand later than that of the main scribe.Contents:Begins (f. 70v, lines 2-5):The book of Theodosius Concerning Night and Day, translated by Ishaq ibn Hunayn. He said that the sun moves in a moderate motion against the motion of the whole in a circle in the middle of the zodiac. This circle is called the solar. 17-20): ...and it did not have a rise or set on the line of the mean of the day, it was not an equinox. In a similar way we explain that if we impose some setting at point T and some rising at point K, then the night after sunset T will not be equal to the day before it or to the day after it, and that is what we wanted to show. Colophon (f. 75r, lines 21-22): The message was completed with God’s help and good success. Its author was his companion, Abu al-Qasim Yahya | Ff. 70r-75r | more | less
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