Kitāb al-‘amal bi-l-asṭurlāb كتاب العمل بالأسطرلاب Ibn al-Samḥ, Aṣbagh ibn Muḥammad ابن السمح، أصبغ بن محمد [55r] (60/61)
The record is made up of Ff. 25v-55v. It was created in 14th century. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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A treatise on the use of the astrolabe Ancient instrument for astronomical observations. by the Andalusian astronomer and mathematician Abū al-Qāsim Aṣbagh ibn Muḥammad al-Gharnāṭī Ibn al-Samḥ (أبو القاسم أسبغ بن محمد الغرناطي بن السمح, 979-1035). The text is divided into 130 sections (أبواب). A list of the sections and their titles is found on ff. 25v-28v. This copy is defective at the end, and finishes abruptly during section 139 (see ending, f. 55v, lines 17-19, transcribed below).
Begins (f. 25v, lines2- ):
كتاب العمل بالأسطرلاب مما وضعه بن السمح رحمه الله وعرد أبوابه مائة وثلثون بابًا.
الباب الأول .ا. في صفة الأسطرلاب وتسمية أجزائه وتخطيطه ...
Ends (f. 55v, lines 17-19):
... الباب قكط
في معرفة موضع الشمس بدائرة تعمل في ظهر الأسطرلاب وقد عمل في طليل (؟)
سطوب (؟) دابرتين (؟) يكون في الواحدة منها لتمد الشهر وأيامها أعني
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