Taḥrīr kitāb al-masākin تحرير كتاب المساكن Theodosius ثاودوسيوس

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Arabic version of the De habitationibus (Περὶ οἰκήσεων; كتاب المساكن), a work on astronomy by Theodosius of Bithynia (ثاودوسيوس; Θεοδόσιος; c 160-c 100 BC), translated from the Greek by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; c 820-912).

The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 21r) following the text. At the end of the text is a collation note in Persian dated 18 Jumādá I without mention of the year (f. 9v), probably 1198 (9 April 1784).

Contents:

Begins (f. 11v, lines 2-4):

تحرير كتاب المساكن لثاوذوسيوس وهو إثنا عشر شكلًا

نقل قسطا بن لوقا البعلبكي الذين مساكنهم تحت القطب الشمالي

فنصف كرة الكل الظاهر لهم هو أبدًا ظاهر لهم بعينه ...

Ends (f. 20v, lines 1-5):

فيكون ضوء الشمس زمان كونها على قوس ع ذ ف ظاهرًا

في آفق قه فيكون النهار حينئذ قريبًا

من شهر وظاهر أن لباقي النهارات

إلى لياليها كل نسبة

وذلك ما أردناه

Extent and format

ff. 11v-21r

It is part of

Arabic (and one Persian) versions of six Greek treatises on mathematics edited by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد

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Ref: IO Islamic 923

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 923, ff 11v-21r

History of this record

Date(s)

18 Jumādá I 1198 (AH, Hijri qamari)

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Edition and translation:

• Theodosius, De habitationibus: Arabic and medieval Latin translations , Paul Kunitzsch and Richard Lorch, eds. and trans., (München: Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission beim Verlag C.H. Beck, 2011)

Edition of Original Greek text:

• Theodosii De habitationibus liber: De diebus et noctibus libri duo , Rudolf Fecht, trans, (Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1927)

Subjects

Astronomy, ArabAstronomy, GreekAstronomy--Early works to 1800

People & organisations

TheodosiusQusṭā ibn LūqāNaṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ṭūsī

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