1. Sloane MS 3034
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 3034
- Title:
- Maqālah fī istikhrāj irtifā‘ al-quṭb ‘alá ghāyat al-taḥqīq مقالة في استخراج ارتفاع القطب على غاية التحقيق Alhazen ابن الهيثم، الحسن بن الحسن
- Scope & Content:
- A short treatise describing a geometrical method for precisely determining latitude by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan known as Ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن known as ابن الهيثم, d c 1039). The Arabic text is accompanied by a Latin translation produced by Jacobus Golius (1596-1667) in 1643 (...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2 Feb 1646
- Extent:
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Codex; ff. xxvii+12+ii
