Kitāb fī istīʻāb al-wujūh al-mumkinah fī ṣanʻat al-asṭurlāb.
- Holding institution:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Data provider:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Title:
- Kitāb fī istīʻāb al-wujūh al-mumkinah fī ṣanʻat al-asṭurlāb.
كتاب في استيعاب الوجوه الممكنة في صنعة الاسطرلاب - Creator:
- Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 973?-1048
Alhazen, 965-1039
Qūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustam, -approximately 1000 - Date:
- A.H. 625 (1228)
- Description:
- Collection of astronomical treatises, the main text of which is al-Bīrūnī's Kitāb fī istīʻāb al-wujūh al-mumkinah fī ṣanʻat al-asṭurlāb. This is followed by a short work on crab and drum astrolabes; a treatise on instruments, including one for finding the direction to Mecca; a treatise on the ecliptic; and a treatise on the compass, all copied in the same hand.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Arabic
Manuscripts, 13th century
Manuscripts, Medieval
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Diagrams
Treatises
Stamps (Provenance)
Annotations (Provenance)
Astrolabes--Early works to 1800
Astronomical instruments--Early works to 1800
Compasses (Mathematical instruments)--Early works to 1800 - Provenance:
- Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Apr. 2006.Displayed by Sam Fogg Ltd. in Ink and Gold: Masterpieces of Islamic Calligraphy, at the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, July-Aug. 2006.Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.Displayed by Sam Fogg Ltd. in Ink and Gold: Masterpieces of Islamic Calligraphy, at the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, July-Aug. 2006.
- Extent:
- Written in 21-24 long lines.
- Publisher:
- University of Pennsylvania
- Rights:
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- Oversize LJS 478
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World