Maqālah fī ḍaw’ al-qamr مقالة في ضوء القمر Alhazen ابن الهيثم

Content

Treatise on moonlight by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040).

The text contains thirteen diagrams.

Begins (f. 32v, line 3):

إن جرم القمر في تغير أحواله واختلاف أشكال ما يظهر مضيئًا من سطحه وتنقل الضوء

Extent and format

Ff. 32v-47v

It is part of

Compendium of texts on mathematics and optics mostly by Alhazen (ابن الهيثم)

270 images

Ref: IO Islamic 1270

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IO Islamic 1270, ff 32v-47v

History of this record

Date(s)

16th century (CE, Gregorian)

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Edition:

• Alhazen, 'Fī ḍawʼ al-qamar', Majmūʻ al-rasāʼil li-Abī ʻAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham al-Baṣrī (Ḥaydarābād al-Dakan: Dāʼirat al-Maʻārif al-ʻUthmānīyah, 1357 [1938])

Study:

• Sezgin, Fuat, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums , vol. 5 (Leiden: Brill, 1974), p. 358-74

Subjects

Optics -- Early works to 1800

People & organisations

Alhazen

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Maqālah fī ḍaw’ al-qamr مقالة في ضوء القمر Alhazen ابن الهيثم, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, IO Islamic 1270, ff 32v-47v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023697729.0x000009> [accessed 24 April 2024]

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