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Kitāb al-‘amal bi-l-asṭurlāb كتاب العمل بالأسطرلاب Ibn al-Samḥ, Aṣbagh ibn Muḥammad ابن السمح، أصبغ بن محمد [‎26r] (2/61)

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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Kitāb al-‘amal bi-l-asṭurlāb كتاب العمل بالأسطرلاب Ibn al-Samḥ, Aṣbagh ibn Muḥammad ابن السمح، أصبغ بن محمد [‎26r] (2/61), British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Add MS 9602, ff 25v-55v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023486667.0x00003d> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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