Taḥrīr kitāb al-majisṭī تحرير كتاب المجسطي Ptolemy بطلميوس Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
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The Almagest (كتاب المجسطي), an Arabic version of the Μαθηματικῆς σύνταξις of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168), in the annotated edition (تحرير) of Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274). This was the most influential and enduring astronomical t...
Sharḥ al-Majisṭī شرح المجسطي Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين
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Commentary by ‘Abd al-‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Birjandī (عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين البرجندي, d. 923/1525 or 26) on the Taḥrīr al-Majisṭī (تحرير المجسطي), the edition by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274; see f. 3r, lines 17-18) of the Almagest...
Claudius Ptolemaeus, astronomer: In ejus quadripartitæ constructionis apotelesmata V. Naibodæ commentarius novus, et conversio nova: 17th cent. Valentinus Nabod, Mathematician, of Erfurt: In C. Ptolemæi quadripartitæ constructionis apotelesmata commentarius novus, et conversio nova: 17th cent.
Robert Hooke, FRS: Collection of scientific papers and letters: 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-25 b Geography: Papers of Dr. R. Hooke rel. to the "English Atlas," printed at Oxford: 1680-1683. ff. 1-25 b Moses Pitt, bookseller and publisher, of London: Papers relating to "the English Atlas": 1680-1683. ...
Sloane 1773 Chartaceus, in Quarto, ff. 117, sec. XVII. 1. Johannis Robyns annotationes astrologicae.' ff. 1-55. 2. 'Epitome in Apotelesmata Ptolemaei. ff. 56-117. Incip. 'Duo praecipua sunt et necessaria carissime et intime meorum amicorum mi Sire, quae ad accidentium futurorum cognitione exiguntur....
Kitāb al-tadhkirah fī al-hay’ah كتاب التذكرة في الهيئة Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
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A treatise on astronomy which summarises, rationalises and improves upon the system presented in the Almagest of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168). The text was composed after 1256 by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274). The text is divided in...
Venice: "Libro d'Oro," ossia enumerazione delle famiglie nobili Venete; various copies: compiled between 1550 and 1714. 'Libro d'Oro': ossia enumerazione delle famiglie nobili Venete; various copies: from 1550 to 1722.
Risālah fī al-ʻamal bi-al-asṭurlāb رسالة في العمل بالأسطرلاب Mizzī, Shams [Zayn] al-Dīn Muḥammad مزي، شمس [زين] الدين محمد
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Treatise in ten parts (فصل) and a conclusion (خاتمة) on using the astrolabe by Zayn al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Mizzī (زين الدين محمد المزي, d. 1349). A title page (f. 1r) reads as follows: هذه رسالة الأسطرلاب للشيخ الإمام العلامة زين الدين عبد الرحمن المزي الحنفي رحمه الله تعلى (!) A note in the mutilated g...
NOTES on the Geography of Ptolemy, by John Holmes, F.S.A., Assistant-keeper of MSS. in the British Museum; with notices of MS. copies and printed editions of the work. Paper; XIXth cent. Folio.
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Claudius Ptolemaeus, astronomer: Notes on his geography, by J. Holmes: 19th cent. John Holmes, Assistant Keeper at the British Museum: Notes on Ptolemy's Geography: 19th cent. Geography: Notes on Ptolemy's Geography by J. Holmes: 19th cent. Bibliography: Collections by J. Holmes: 19th cent.