كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة Kitāb al-kurrah wa-al-isṭūwānah Archimedes أرشميدس

IO Islamic 1249, ff 118v-231v

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The record is made up of ff. 118v-231v. It was created in Jumādá I 1198. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Arabic version of the De sphaera et cylindro (Περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου;كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة) by the mathematician (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC), revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرة; d. 901) and presented here in the edition of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين الطوسي; d. 1274) along with a commentary based largely on that by Eutocius of Ascalon (Ἐυτόκιος ὁ Ἀσκαλωνίτης; أوطيوقيوس العسقلاني; d. ca 540), the Commentarii in libros de sphaera et cylindro . For a history of the edition, see the editor's preface (ff. 118v, line 2-119v, line 6). The text ends with an appendix by the mathematician and astronomer Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (أبو سهل القوهي; fl. second half of the 10th century).

The diagrams are collected on fold outs on ff. 143r, 164r, 178r and 205r.

Begins (editor's introduction f. 118v, lines 2-4; and text proper f. 119v, lines 6-7):

أقول بعد تحميد الله وتمجيده والصلوة على محمد وآله المصطفين من عبيده

إني كنت في طلب الوقوف على بعض المسائل المذكور في كتاب

الكرة الأسطوانة لأرشميدس زمانًا طويلًا ...

... المقالة الأولى صدر الكتاب

افتتح أرشميدس كتابه بأن قال مخاطبًا لواحد من أهل زمانه اسمه دسبيثاوس

Ends (f. 231v, lines 8-10):

... وبمثل ذلك نبين في كل قطعتين يكونان أصغر

أو أعظم من النصف ويكون أحدهما أقرب إلى النصف من الأخرى وذلك

ما أردناه فهذا ما أورده أو (!) سهل القوهي ...

Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 231v, lines 10-11):

... تمت المقالة الثانية وتم

بتمامها كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة لأرشميدس ...

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ff. 118v-231v
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Arabic versions of seven Greek treatises on mathematics edited by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
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IO Islamic 1249, ff 118v-231v

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Jumādá I 1198 (AH, Hijri qamari)

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Geometry--Early works to 1800
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Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānīof Ascalon EutociusArchimedesWahjan ibn Rustam QūhīNaṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ṬūsīWarren Hastings

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IO Islamic 1249, ff 118v-231v
Title
كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة Kitāb al-kurrah wa-al-isṭūwānah Archimedes أرشميدس
Pages
118v:143r, 143r:143v, 143v:164r, 164r:164v, 164v:178r, 178r:178v, 178v:205r, 205r:205v, 205v:231v
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