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Book/Printed Material The "Fatḥīyah" Essay on Using the Mughayyab Quadrant.

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Title

  • The "Fatḥīyah" Essay on Using the Mughayyab Quadrant.

Summary

  • This treatise by Badr al-Din al-Maridini (born 1423), better known as Sibt al-Maridini, includes an introduction, 20 sections, and a conclusion. The treatise discusses a range of issues in astronomy, surveying, and mathematics. It describes the sine quadrant and parallel circles, and explains how to measure the width of a river, the angle of a star, the depth of a well, or the height of a mountain. Al-Maridini, whose parents were from Damascus, was born, raised, and educated in Cairo late in the Mamluk Dynasty (1250--1517). The manuscript is from the Bašagić Collection of Islamic Manuscripts in the University Library of Bratislava, Slovakia, which was inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World register in 1997. Safvet beg Bašagić (1870-1934) was a Bosnian scholar, poet, journalist, and museum director who assembled a collection of 284 manuscript volumes and 365 print volumes that reflect the development of Islamic civilization from its inception to the early 20th century. The manuscript is item 295 in Jozef Blaškovič, Arabské, turecké a perzské rukopisy Univerzitnej knižnice v Bratislave (Arab, Turkish, and Persian manuscripts in the University Library, Bratislava).

Names

  • Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, born 1423 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1400 to 1506]

Headings

  • -  1400 to 1508
  • -  Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Memory of the World
  • -  Surveying
  • -  Trigonometry

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: Black and red ink.
  • -  Original resource at: University Library in Bratislava.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Bašagic's Collection of Islamic Manuscripts

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667166

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Sibṭ Al-Māridīnī, Badr Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad, Born 1423 Author. The "Fatḥīyah" Essay on Using the Mughayyab Quadrant. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1506, 1400] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667166/.

APA citation style:

Sibṭ Al-Māridīnī, B. A. M. I. M. (1400) The "Fatḥīyah" Essay on Using the Mughayyab Quadrant. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1506] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667166/.

MLA citation style:

Sibṭ Al-Māridīnī, Badr Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad, Born 1423 Author. The "Fatḥīyah" Essay on Using the Mughayyab Quadrant. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1506, 1400] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667166/>.