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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 23570 Subject Spherical astronomy -- Early works to 1800 Name Theodosius, astronomer and mathematician of Bithynia, c 160-c 100 BC

1. Add MS 23570, ff 30r-62r

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Add MS 23570, ff 30r-62r
Title:
Kitāb al-ukar كتاب الأكر Theodosius ثاوذوسيوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De sphaericis (كتاب الأكر) by Theodosius of Bithynia (ثاودوسيوس; Θεοδοìσιος; c 160-c 100 BC). The preface (f. 1v, lines 3-5, transcribed below) states that it was translated from Greek into Arabic by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; ca 820-912), up to Chapter 3, figure 5, at t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá II 1014
Extent:

Ff. 30r-62r

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