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032-002409357 Subject Astronomy, Arab

1. Add MS 7475

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7475
Title:
Kitāb Baṭlamyūs fī al-ta‘līm al-ma‘rūf bi-l-Majisṭī naqala Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn كتاب بطلميوس في التعليم المعروف بالمجسطي نقل إسحق بن حنين Ptolemy بطلميوس
Scope & Content:
Books Seven to Thirteen of the Almagest (كتاب المجسطي), an Arabic version of the Μαθηματικῆς σύνταξις of of Ptolemy (بطلميوس, Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168). The book title on f. 199v names the translator as Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (d. c 910), the son of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (d. 873). This manuscript cal...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
615
Extent:
Codex; ff. iii+239+iii