Pseudo-Mâshâ’allâh, On the astrolabe:
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Main Author: Māšāʾallāh Ibn-Aṯarī 740-815 (Author)
Other Authors: Thomson, Ron B. 1946- (Editor, Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Latin
Published: Waterloo, Canada Volumes Publishing 2022
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Abstract:The Pseudo-Mâshâ’allâh treatise on how to construct and how to use an astrolabe was the most important text during the Middle Ages dealing with the most important astronomical instrument of the period. No critical edition has been published before the present one; and the existing printed versions are seriously deficient. This critical edition presents the Latin text with critical apparatus on the construction of an astrolabe (22 chapters), of the star lists associated with the text, and also how to use the astrolabe (47 chapters) based on all known extant manuscripts (over 200 copies), along with diagrams, notes and comments, and a facing English translation. There is also an extensive introduction with information on the contents of the text, the manuscripts collated, Arabic terms and previously printed versions, as well as lists of lost manuscripts and erroneous ascriptions.
Physical Description:2 Bände
ISBN:9781778270529