Title Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria : the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Dīn al-Mīṣrī / by François Charette

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 422, 136 pages) : illustrations (some color) Series Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, 0169-8729 ; v. 51 Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 51. 0169-8729 Contents Part I; Part II Commentary; Part III Translation of Najm al-Din al-Misri's Treatise on Instruments; Part IV Appendices; Bibliography; INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS QUOTED; Indices; Plates; Part V Edition of Najm al-Din's treatise Summary An illustrated Arabic treatise, with an English translation and detailed commentary, on the construction of over 100 various astronomical instruments, many of which are otherwise unknown to specialists. It was composed by Najm al-Din al-Misri, a rather shadowy figure, in Cairo around 1330 CE Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-392) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Astrolabes -- Egypt -- History Astrolabes -- Syria -- History Sundials -- Egypt -- History Sundials -- Syria -- History Quadrants (Astronomical instruments) -- Egypt -- History Quadrants (Astronomical instruments) -- Syria -- History NATURE -- Sky Observation. Astrolabes Quadrants (Astronomical instruments) Sundials Astrolabium Quadrant Sonnenuhr Konstruktion Astronomisches Instrument Mathematisches Instrument Meetinstrumenten. Sterrenkunde. Astrolabia. Egypt Syria Mameluckenreich Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Miṣrī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, active 14th century. Kitāb fī al-ālāt al-falakīyah ISBN 1423711777 9781423711773 9047402170 9789047402176 9789004130159 9004130152

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