Archive Reference (shelfmark): IO Islamic 461 / Language: Arabic / Subject: Astrolabes--Early works to 1800 - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Archive Reference (shelfmark) IO Islamic 461 Language Arabic Subject Astrolabes--Early works to 1800

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 461, ff 2v-7v
Title:: Anonymous treatise on the linear astrolabe
Scope & Content:: Anonymous treatise on the construction and use of the linear astrolabe (أسطرلاب خطّي), an instrument also known as 'al-Ṭūsī's Rod' (عصا الطوسي), named after its inventor Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (شرف الدين المظفر بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1213). The Persian table of contents (f. ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1198
Extent:: Ff. 2v-7v

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