كتاب إسقلاوس في المطالع Kitāb Isqilawus fī maṭāli‘ Hypsicles إبسقلاوس

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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

Extent and format

ff. 111v-116r

It is part of

Arabic versions of seven Greek treatises on mathematics edited by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد

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Ref: IO Islamic 1249

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Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IO Islamic 1249, ff 111v-116r

History of this record

Date(s)

Jumādá I 1198 (AH, Hijri qamari)

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Edition:

• Hypsicles, Kitāb al-Maṭāliʿ , in Majm ūʿ al-rasāʼil ḥarrarahā Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī (Ḥaydarābād al-Dakkan: Dāʼirat al-Maʿārif al-ʿUthmānīyah, 1358-1359 [1939-1940])

Edition of original Greek text, Arabic version, and German translation:

• Die Aufgangszeiten der Gestirne, Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. Philologisch-Historische Klasse, 3. Folge, Nr.62, V. de Falco and M. Krause, eds (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck u. Ruprecht, 1966)

Subjects

Astronomy--Mathematics

People & organisations

Kindīof Alexandria HypsiclesQusṭā ibn LūqāNaṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ṬūsīWarren Hastings

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