Kitāb al-ʻamal bi-al-kurah / li-Qusṭā ibn Lūqā al-Baʻlbakī. [between 17--? and 18--?]

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Kitāb al-ʻamal bi-al-kurah / li-Qusṭā ibn Lūqā al-Baʻlbakī. [between 17--? and 18--?]

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Treatise on the use of an astronomical instrument called al-kurah dhāt al-kursī, divided in 59 chapters + 6 chapters written on the margins of fol. 15a-b: Maʻrifat al-rusūm allatī ʻalá al-kurah ; maʻrifat naṣab al-kurah ; maʻrifat hayʼat al-samāʼ wa-ḥarakatihā ; maʻrifat ikhtilāf ḥarakat al-samāʼ ; maʻrifat ʻillat istiwāʼ al-layl wa-al-nahār fī khaṭṭ al-istiwāʼ ; maʻrifat ikhtilāf al-layl wa-al-nahār fī kull wāḥid min al-masākin, etc.). David King gives a full description of the different versions of this text. See his Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʻilmīyah (1981-1986), vol. 2, p. 375-378 (no. 4/2/3).

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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 ...