Maqālah mustiqṣāh fī al-shakl al-hilālīyah مقالة مستقصاة في الشكل الهلالية Alhazen ابن الهيثم

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Treatise on lunes by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040).

The text contains 23 diagrams.

Begins (f. 70r, lines 3-4):

كان بعض أخواني سألني عن الشكل الهلالي الذي يعمل على محيط الدائرة فألفت

قولًا مختصرًا في الأشكال الهلالية بطرق جزؤية لاستعجال صاحب السؤال

Extent and format

Ff. 70r-78v

It is part of

Compendium of texts on mathematics and optics mostly by Alhazen (ابن الهيثم)

270 images

Ref: IO Islamic 1270

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IO Islamic 1270, ff 70r-78v

History of this record

Date(s)

16th century (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Select Bibliography

Study:

• Sezgin, Fuat, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums , vol. 5 (Leiden: Brill, 1974), p. 358-74

Subjects

Geometry--Early works to 1800

People & organisations

Alhazen

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Maqālah mustiqṣāh fī al-shakl al-hilālīyah مقالة مستقصاة في الشكل الهلالية Alhazen ابن الهيثم, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, IO Islamic 1270, ff 70r-78v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023697729.0x00000c> [accessed 9 January 2025]

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