Hidāyat al-sāʼil ilá maʻrifat al-rubʻ al-kāmil. [1585]

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Hidāyat al-sāʼil ilá maʻrifat al-rubʻ al-kāmil. [1585]

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Treatise describing a quadrant called "al-rubʻ al-kāmil", comprising an introduction and fifteen chapters (bāb). On fol. 1a is a chart explaining the influence of the rainbow in association with the signs of the zodiac.

11 leaves : paper ; 205 x 147 (150 x 110) mm.

Princeton University Library

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Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, b. 1423.

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Egyptian astronomer and author of numerous works on astronomy and mathematics; muwaqqit (timekeeper) at the al-Azhar mosque in Cairo; disciple of Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad ibn Rajab al-Qāhirī ibn al-Majdī, (1365-1447); grandson of Jamāl al-Dīn ʻAbd Allāh ibn Khalīl al-Qāhirī al-Māridīnī (d. 1406). From the description of Jadāwil fī rasm al-munḥarifāt ʻalá al-ḥayṭān : manuscript, [n.d.]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34366020 E...