Archive Reference (shelfmark): IO Islamic 461 / Name: Alhazen, 965-1039 / Digitised Content Platform: Qatar Digital Library - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

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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