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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Astrolabes--Early works to 1800 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. Add MS 9602

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Add MS 9602
Title:
Two treatises on astrolabes
Scope & Content:
Two technical treatises on the 'use of the flat northern astrolabe (العمل بالأسطرلاب المسطح الشمالي)' (see f. 1r). The title page (f. 1r) reads: كتاب فيه رسالة بن النطاح ورسالة بن السمح رحمهما الله تعلى (!) ورضي عنهما والقصد فيهما معرفة العمل بالأسطرلاب المسطح الشمالي This is followed by a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+55+i

2. Add MS 23569, ff 78v-103r

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 23569, ff 78v-103r
Title:
Bīst bāb dar ma‘rifat asṭurlāb بيست باب در معرفت اسطرلاب Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the use of the astrolabe in twenty chapters (بيست باب) by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين الطوسي, d. 1274). This copy was completed on 29 Dhū al-Qa‘dah 1057/26 December 1647 (see colophon, f. 103r, lines 9-11, transcribed below). Begins (f. 78v, lines 4-6): اين مختصر يست در معرفت...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
29 Dhū al-Qa‘dah 1057
Extent:

Ff. 78v-103r

3. Add MS 23570, ff 7v-12r

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Add MS 23570, ff 7v-12r
Title:
Ṣafīḥat al-imkān fī aṣṭurlāb صفيحة الإمكان في أصطرلاب عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين ‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn
Scope & Content:
A short treatise on the construction and use of the astrolabe by Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين العاملي; d. 1621). The scribe, Ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥīm Abū al-Qāsim Yaḥyá al-Astar’ābādī (ابن عبد الرحيم أبو القاسم يحيى الأسترآبادي), states in the colophon that he cop...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
c 1605
Extent:

Ff. 7v-12r

4. 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

5. Or 5479, ff 2r-36v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479, ff 2r-36v
Title:
Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-aṣṭurlāb رسالة في العمل بالأصطرلاب Abū al-Ṣalt, Umayyah ibn ‘Abd al-Azīz أبو الصلت، أميّة بن عبد العزيز
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the use of the astrolabe by the Andalusian polymath Abū al-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn Abī al-Ṣalt al-Dānī al-Andalusī (أبو الصلت أميّة بن عبد العزيز بن أبي الصلت الداني الأندلسي, d. 1134). The treatise is divided into 90 short chapters (أبواب). There is a table of yearly loc...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Ff. 2r-36v

6. Or 5479, ff 37v-85r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479, ff 37v-85r
Title:
al-Kāmil fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb al-shimālī wa-al-junūbī wa-‘ilalihumā bi-l-handasah wa-al-ḥisab الكامل في صنعة الأسطرلاب الشمالي والجنوبي وعللهما بالهندسة والحساب Farghānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr فرغاني، أحمد بن محمد بن كثير
Scope & Content:
Earliest known Arabic treatise on the construction of the astrolabe, by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Farghānī (أحمد بن محمد الفرغاني; fl. ca 820-860). This manuscript was erroneously dated to the 12th/19th century by Lorch (Al-Farghānī On the Astrolabe [Munich: Franz Steiner, 2005], p. 17) perhaps on t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Ff. 37v-85r

7. Or 5479, ff 86r-104v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479, ff 86r-104v
Title:
Kitāb ‘aṣāh al-Ṭūsī wa-hūwa al-asṭurlāb al-khaṭṭī كتاب عصاة الطوسي وهو الأسطرلاب الخطّي
Scope & Content:
Anonymous treatise on the construction and use of the linear astrolabe (أسطرلاب خطّي), an instrument also known as 'al-Ṭūsī's Rod' (عصاة الطوسي), named after its inventor Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (شرف الدين المظفر بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1213). The comprehensive guide to practi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Ff. 86r-104v

8. Or 5479, ff 105r-107v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5479, ff 105r-107v
Title:
al-‘Amal bi-al-ṣafīḥah al-jāmi‘ah al-ma‘rūfah bi-al-āfāqīyah العمل بالصفيحة الجامعة المعروفة بالآفاقية Asṭurlābī, ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsá أسطرلابي، علي بن عيسى
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the use of the horizon plate (الآفاقية) by ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsá al-Asṭurlābī (علي بن عيسى الأسطرلابي; fl. 829-833). Text is defective at the end. Begins (f. 105r, lines 3-6): ... أوّل ذلك معرفة الميل إذا أردت ذلك ومعرفة الميل فهذه الصفيحة فاقلب الصفيحة وانظر الدرجة التي تريد ميلها فإن ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Ff. 105r-107v

9. Or 14270, ff 21v-73r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14270, ff 21v-73r
Title:
al-Kāmil fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb al-shimālī wa-al-junūbī wa-‘ilalihuma bi-l-handasah wa-al-ḥisab الكامل في صنعة الأسطرلاب الشمالي والجنوبي وعللهما بالهندسة والحساب Farghānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr فرغاني، أحمد بن محمد بن كثير
Scope & Content:
Earliest known Arabic treatise on the construction of the astrolabe, by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Farghānī (أحمد بن محمد الفرغاني; fl. ca 820-860). The text contains seventy-two diagrams and tables: Geometric diagram (f. 22v); Geometric diagram (f. 24r); Geometric diagram (f. 24v); Geometric diagra...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
28 Shawwāl 691
Extent:
ff. 21v-73r