Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf مقالة في صورة الكسوف Alhazen ابن الهيثم

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Treatise on the observation solar eclipses through a camera obscura 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 four diagrams.

Begins (f. 79r, lines 3-4):

قد يوجد صورة ضوء الشمس في وقت كسوفها إذا خرج ضوئها من ثقب ضيق مستدير

وانتهى إلى سطح مقابل للثقب على مثل شكل الهلال إذا لم يستفرق الكسوف جميعها

Extent and format

Ff. 79r-86v

It is part of

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

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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 79r-86v

History of this record

Date(s)

16th century (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

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Study:

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

Subjects

Astronomy, ArabAstronomy--MathematicsAstronomy, MedievalAstronomy--Early works to 1800Optics -- Early works to 1800

People & organisations

Alhazen

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Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf مقالة في صورة الكسوف Alhazen ابن الهيثم, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, IO Islamic 1270, ff 79r-86v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023697729.0x00000d> [accessed 6 May 2024]

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