al-Marāṣid :
manuscript,
[1797].

المراصد : manuscript، [1797].

Description

Main Author

Kalambawī, Ismāʻīl ibn Muṣṭafá, active 18th century?

Related Names

Meyerhof, Max, 1874-1945, former owner.

Language(s)

Arabic

Subjects

Quadrants (Astronomical instruments) > Quadrants (Astronomical instruments) / Early works to 1800.
Astronomical instruments > Astronomical instruments / Early works to 1800.
Astronomy, Arab > Astronomy, Arab / Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Arabic > Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan > Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan / Ann Arbor.

Summary

"A treatise on the use of the sine quadrant in 17 marṣads." David A. King, A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, 1986), p. 176.

Note

Watermarks: Crown with shield and 3 stars; initials OA/C in roman with crown; lion.
Contains diagrams.
Text rubricated; marginal commentary in hand of copyist.
Date and name of copyist in colophon: Muṣṭafá ... sanat 1211 fī Ramaḍān [February-March 1797].
Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34.

Physical Description

1 v. ([130] p.) : ill. ; 23 cm

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