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Manuscript/Mixed Material Risālah laṭīfah fī rasm al-munḥarifāt ʻalá al-ḥīṭān / / Jadāwil fī rasm al-munḥarifāt ʻalá al-ḥīṭān bi-ṭarīq ḥasan lam asbaq ilayh

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Title

  • Risālah laṭīfah fī rasm al-munḥarifāt ʻalá al-ḥīṭān

Other Title

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  • Jadāwil fī rasm al-munḥarifāt ʻalá al-ḥīṭān bi-ṭarīq ḥasan lam asbaq ilayh

Summary

  • The challenge of calculating the positions and movements of celestial bodies for the purpose of preparing astronomical tables helped to stimulate the development of very sophisticated mathematical tools at least as far back as the Middle Ages. The link between mathematics and astronomy was so strong that important authors in the field of astronomy were often distinguished mathematicians and vice versa. This was the case with Badr al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ġazal (1423-1506), also known as Sibt al-Māridīnī, who, according to contemporary sources, produced an impressive number of works on arithmetic and algebra, the division of inheritances, and astronomy. He compiled astronomical tables for the latitude of Cairo and wrote several commentaries on earlier works, including a mathematical poem by the 12th-century Moroccan or Andalusian scientist Ibn al-Yasamin. Sibt al-Māridīnī's work as muwaqqit (timekeeper) at the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo drew his attention to the study of astronomical instruments for the calculation of time. The short treatise preserved in this manuscript describes the mathematical calculations that are implied in the construction of a sundial. The rubricated headings of the paragraphs indicate the mathematical and practical problems tackled by Sibt al-Māridīnī, which include calculating the correct inclination of sundials and the proper setting of sundials. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1423-
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [15--?]

Headings

  • -  Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Sundials--Early works to 1800
  • -  Time measurements--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Binding: cardboard covered with cloth; leather spine.
  • -  Fol. 1a-4a.
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-765.
  • -  Ms.
  • -  Nastaʻliq script, 20 lines in writen area, 15 x 9 cm.
  • -  Ownership stamp of Ḥasan (?) on title page, dated [1]192 H [1778].
  • -  Yellowed cream paper, with watermarks, some torn edges and termite damage; pages repaired. Black ink on title page and text principally in black, with some rubrics; marginal notes; catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Schoy, K. "Sonnenuhren der spätarabischen Astronomie," Isis, vol. 6, no. 3, 1924, p. 332-360.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قال الشيخ الإمام العالم العلامة بدر الدين سبط الشيخ جمال الدين والدنيا المارد يني... وبعد فيقول فقير رحمة ربه محمد سبط المارد يني قد حسبت هذه الجداول في رسم المنحرفات على الحيطان بطريق حسن لم أسبق إليه وهو استخراج بعد سمت فضل الداير عن خط زوال البلد وجعلتها من انحراف كا إلى انحراف ص على تفاضل الانحراف بدرجة درجة ...

Medium

  • 4 leaves (20 lines), bound : paper ; 15 x 9 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QB215 .S53 1500z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2008401025

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Sibṭ Al-Māridīnī, Badr Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Risālah Laṭīfah Fī Rasm Al-Munḥarifāt ʻalá Al-Ḥīṭān. [15--?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008401025/.

APA citation style:

Sibṭ Al-Māridīnī, B. A. M. I. M., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Risālah Laṭīfah Fī Rasm Al-Munḥarifāt ʻalá Al-Ḥīṭān. [15--?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2008401025/.

MLA citation style:

Sibṭ Al-Māridīnī, Badr Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Risālah Laṭīfah Fī Rasm Al-Munḥarifāt ʻalá Al-Ḥīṭān. [15--?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2008401025/>.