Book/Printed Material A Brief Essay on the Quadrant Known as Muqantarat.
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Title
- A Brief Essay on the Quadrant Known as Muqantarat.
Summary
- This manuscript on astronomy and surveying describes the sine quadrant and parallel circles. Its author is unknown. The work explains how to measure topographic heights, know prayer times, and determine the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca, toward which Muslims pray. The date of transcription is unknown, but was possibly in the 18th century. 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 303 in Jozef Blaškovič, Arabské, turecké a perzské rukopisy Univerzitnej knižnice v Bratislave (Arab, Turkish, and Persian manuscripts in the University Library, Bratislava).
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1700 to 1799]
Headings
- - 1700 to 1799
- - Geometry
- - Islamic manuscripts
- - Memory of the World
- - Qiblah
- - 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
- 2021667165
Online Format
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