Taḥrīr-i Uqlīdus. [1552]

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Taḥrīr-i Uqlīdus. [1552]

Persian translation by Quṭb al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Masʻūd al-Shīrāzī of the Taḥrīr Kitāb Uṣūl al-handasah wa-al-ḥisāb, an edition by Nāṣir al-Dīn Ṭūsī of Euclid's Elements, in fifteen maqālah. Maqālah 13 is presented as the end of Kitāb-i Uqlīdus, maqālah 14 and 15 being appendices attributed to Asqilānus [Hypsikles] (fol. 164a and 168b). See GAS, V, 143-145, where the name is given as Ibsiqlāwus, Insiqlāwūs, and Isqilāwus. Aceph. copy. The first extant maqālah is Maqālah 3 (fol. 19a). The text is followed on fol. 171b by the date of birth of Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Ṭusī, with a table of his astrological theme.

171 leaves : paper, ill. ; 190 x 125 (115 x 65) mm. bound to 190 x 130 mm.

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