Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, approximately 820-approximately 912

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Christian scholar, originally from Baalbak, Syria, worked in Baghdad, Iraq, and eventually settled in Armenia; translated many scientific works from Greek to Arabic; physician, philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, and musician.

From the description of Kitāb ʻalá al-kurah : manuscript, [between 1700? and 1827]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34366513

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creatorOf Pictorius, Georg, ca. 1500-1569. Manuscript texts on the occult, [16--]. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Galen. [Methodus medendi ... et al.]. Books 1-13. [microform]. National Library of Medicine
creatorOf Hypsicles, of Alexandria. 880-02 Kitāb Isiqlāwis fī al-maṭāliʻ. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Avicenna, 980-1037. [Alberti Magni (?) Summa naturalium, etc.] [microform]. Saint Louis University - Main Campus, Pius XII Memorial Library
creatorOf Theodosius, 1st cent. B.C. Kitāb al-ukar / [Theodosius]. -- [17--?]. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Theodosius, 1st cent. B.C. al-Ayyām wa-al-layālī / [Theodosius]. -- [17--?]. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, ca. 820-ca. 912. 880-02 Kitāb al-ʻamal bi-al-kurah / li-Qusṭā ibn Lūqā al-Baʻlbakī. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, ca. 820-ca. 912. 880-03 Kitāb ʻalá al-kurah : manuscript, [between 1700? and 1827]. University of Michigan
creatorOf Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, ca. 820-ca. 912. 880-02 Majmūʻah fīhi Maqālat Qusṭā ibn Lūqā al-Yūnānī fī al-ʻamal fī al-kurah al-falakīyah [wa-] Risālah fī al-kurah al-musammāh bi-dhāt al-kursī. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Girardus Bituricensis. [Commentarium super Viaticum ... et al.] [microform]. National Library of Medicine
creatorOf Theodosius, 1st cent. B.C. Kitāb al-masākin / [Theodosius]. -- [17--?]. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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associatedWith Bernard, de Gordon, ca. 1260-ca. 1318. person
associatedWith Galen. person
associatedWith Girardus Bituricensis. person
associatedWith Hypsicles, of Alexandria. person
associatedWith Meyerhof, Max, 1874-1945, person
associatedWith Theodosius, 1st cent. B.C. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
Islamic empire
Michigan--Ann Arbor
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Astronomical instruments
Astronomical instruments
Astronomy, Arab
Astronomy, Arab
Celestial globes
Manuscripts, Arabic
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Birth 0820

Death 0912

Arabic

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