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1. Or 5831, ff 1r-283r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5831, ff 1r-283r
Title:
Jāmiʿ al-mabādiʾ wa-al-ghāyāt fī ʿilm al-mīqāt جامع المبادئ والغايات في علم الميقات Marrākushī, al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī مراكشي، الحسن بن علي
Scope & Content:
Encyclopaedia of practical astronomy and astronomical instruments by Sharaf al-Din Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Marrākushī (شرف الدين أبو علي الحسن بن علي بن عمر المراكشي, fl. second half of the 13th century). The treatise was composed in in the years 1276-82 (see Charette, 2007, p. 7...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
3 Ṣafar 1074
Extent:

Ff. 1r-283r

2. Or 5831, ff 283v-285v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5831, ff 283v-285v
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 الهيثم; d. ca 1040). The text is copied in a hand much coarser and less polished than that of the previous text in the manuscript, and was transcrib...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 283v-285v

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