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[Kitāb al-asṭurlāb كتاب الأسطرلاب] Kūshyār ibn Labbān كوشيار بن لبان [‎17v] (21/67)

The record is made up of Ff. 7v-39v. It was created in ca 17th century. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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A treatise in four chapters ( fuṣūl ) on the use and construction of the astrolabe Ancient instrument for astronomical observations. , by Kūshyār ibn Labbān al-Jīlī (كوشيار بن لبان بن باشهري بن الجيلي, fl. 961).

The text contains three diagrams (ff. 34r, 23v and 24v) and three tables:

  • Solar declination to north and south (جدول الدرجات في الشمال والجنوب, f. 17r);
  • Table of altitudes [measured in] digits and feet [of shadow] (جدول إرتفاع الأصابع والأقدام, f. 23r);
  • Geographical coordinates with longitude measured from the Canary Islands and latitude from the Equator (جدول طول البلدان من جزائر الخالدات والعرض من خط الإستواء, ff. 38v-39v).

Begins (f. 7v, lines 1-3):

الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلوته على نبيه محمد وآله أجمعين

قال الكيا أبو الحسن كوشيار بن لبان الجيلي رحمه الله

الأصطرلاب كلمة يونانية ومعناه ميزان الشمس....

Ends (f. 38r, lines 1-5):

....ومن

خط وتر الأرض إلى هذه الزاوية ونختم الكتاب لهذا

الفصل والفصل لهذا الباب والحمد لله حق حمده وحسبنا

الله ونعم المعنى وصلى الله عن سيدنا محمد وآله وصحابه

أجمعين

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[Kitāb al-asṭurlāb كتاب الأسطرلاب] Kūshyār ibn Labbān كوشيار بن لبان [‎17v] (21/67), British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Delhi Arabic 1665, ff 7v-39v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100151390416.0x00002c> [accessed 27 April 2024]

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