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. [between 17--? and 18--?]

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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. [between 17--? and 18--?]

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Collection of two treatises on astronomical instruments, one in 65 short chapters (see table of contents at the beginning of the text, fol. 2b-3a and in Ahlwardt, W. Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, no. 5836) attributed to Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, the other comprising an introduction and 33 chapters (bāb) on an astronomical instrument called the celestial globe (same as Ahlwardt, W. Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, no. 5869 and King, D. Fihrist al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʻilmīyah, 4/2/7.2). The text is followed on fol. 17a by a Faṣl fī al-dāʼir bayna al-ẓuhr wa-al-ʻaṣr wa-al-dāʼir bayna al-ʻaṣr wa-al-ghurūb.

i, 18, i leaves : paper ; 207 x 154 (180 x 100) mm. bound to 207 x 154 mm.

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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 ...