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Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria : the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Din al-Misri / by Francois Charette.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Charette, François, 1970-
- Series:
- Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 51.
- Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, 0169-8729 ; v. 51
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astrolabes--Egypt--History.
- Astrolabes.
- Astrolabes--Syria--History.
- Sundials--Egypt--History.
- Sundials.
- Sundials--Syria--History.
- Quadrants (Astronomical instruments)--Egypt--History.
- Quadrants (Astronomical instruments).
- Quadrants (Astronomical instruments)--Syria--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (584 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
- Language Note:
- Arabic
- Summary:
- This volume contains the critical edition with English translation of a richly-illustrated Arabic treatise on the construction of over one hundred various astronomical instruments, many of which are otherwise unknown to specialists. It was composed by Najm al-Dīn al-Misrī, a rather shadowy figure, in Cairo ca. 1330. The edition is accompanied by a detailed technical and historical commentary, which is framed as a self-standing essay on Islamic mathematical instrumentation. While this essay/commentary is mainly based on Najm al-Dīn's treatise, it also benefits from the consultation of a large number of previously unstudied manuscripts, and includes a discussion of all relevant sources from the period 800-1500.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Part I; Part II Commentary; Part III Translation of Najm al-Dīn al-Misrī's Treatise on Instruments; Part IV Appendices; Bibliography; INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS QUOTED; Indices; Plates; Part V Edition of Najm al-Dīn's treatise
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-392) and indexes.
- Contains:
- Misri, Muhammad ibn Muhammad, 14th cent. Kitab fi al-alat al-falakiyah. 2003.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-46742-8
- 9786610467426
- 1-4237-1177-7
- 90-474-0217-0
- OCLC:
- 228118099
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789047402176 DOI
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