Container Reference (shelfmark): IO Islamic 461 / Subject: Astronomy--Early works to 1800 / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Container Reference (shelfmark) IO Islamic 461 Subject Astronomy--Early works to 1800 Level [40] File

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

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 461, ff 8v-34r
Title:: Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf مقالة في صورة الكسوف Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Scope & Content:: Treatise on the observation of solar eclipses through a camera obscura by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040). The text contains four diagrams, which are collected on a fold out (f. 34r) following the text. Begins (f. 8v, lines...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1198
Extent:: Ff. 8v-34r

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