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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IO Islamic 1249 Subject Geometry--Early works to 1800

1. IO Islamic 1249, ff 1v-35r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249, ff 1v-35r
Title:
تحرير كتاب المعطيات لأقليدس Taḥrīr kitāb al-mu‘tīyāt li-Uqlīdis Euclid أقليدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Data (Δεδομένα; كتاب المعطيات) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC). The text was translated by Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (إسحق بن حنين; d. ca 910), revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرة; d. 901) and is presented here in the edition (تحرير) o...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 1v-35r

2. IO Islamic 1249, ff 118v-231v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249, ff 118v-231v
Title:
كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة Kitāb al-kurrah wa-al-isṭūwānah Archimedes أرشميدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De sphaera et cylindro (Περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου; كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة) by the mathematician Archimedes (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC), revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرة; d. 901) and presented here in the edition of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 118v-231v

3. IO Islamic 1249, ff 231v-238r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249, ff 231v-238r
Title:
مقالة أرشميدس في تكسير الدائرة Maqālat Arshimīdas fī taksīr al-dā’irah Archimedes أرشميدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Dimensio circuli (Κύκλου μέτρησις; في تكسير الدائرة) by the mathematician (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC). The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 238r) following the text. Begins (f. 231v, line 11-f. 232r, line 2): ... مقالة أرشميدس في تكسير الدائرة وهو...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 231v-238r