كتاب إسقلاوس في المطالع Kitāb Isqilawus fī maṭāli‘ Hypsicles إبسقلاوس [116v] (12/16)
The record is made up of ff. 111v-116r. It was created in Jumādá I 1198. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Arabic version of the Anaphoricus (Ἀναφορικός; في المطالع) by the astronomer and mathematician Hypsicles of Alexandria (Ὑψικλῆς; إبسقلاوس [here written إسقلاوس and إيسقلاوس]; first half of 2nd century BC), translated from the Greek by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; d. ca 912), revised by al-Kindī (الكندي; d. ca 873) and presented here in the edition of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (d. 1274).
The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 116r) following the text.
Begins (f. 111v, lines 2-5):
كتاب إسقلاوس في المطالع مما أصلحه الكندي وهو من نقل قسطا بن لوقا
البعلبكي وهو يشتمل على ثلث م
Ends (115r, lines 2-4):
... وإذا عرفنا مطالع الجزء
وكانت الزيادات معلومة فمطالع جميع الأجزاء معلومة وذلك
ما أرادناه ...
Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (115r, lines 4-5):
... تم كتاب إيسقلاوس
في المطالع
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- ff. 111v-116r
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- IO Islamic 1249, ff 111v-116r
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- كتاب إسقلاوس في المطالع Kitāb Isqilawus fī maṭāli‘ Hypsicles إبسقلاوس
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- 111v:116r, 116r:116v, 116v:118r
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