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Project / Collection India Office Library Container Reference (shelfmark) IO Islamic 461 Subject Astronomy--Early works to 1800

1. IO Islamic 461, ff 2v-7v

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

2. IO Islamic 461, ff 8v-34r

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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