LJS 478 - [Astronomical anthology]This manuscript is a collection of astronomical treatises: Mu

LJS 478 - [Astronomical anthology]This manuscript is a collection of astronomical treatises: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī’s Kitāb fī istīʻāb al-wujūh al-mumkina fī ṣanʻat al-asṭurlāb (On the construction of the astrolabe two treatises on “crab and drum” astrolabes now attributed to the 10th-century astronomer Nasṭūlus (or Basṭūlus a treatise on an instrument for finding the direction of Mecca; a treatise on the ecliptic; a treatise on the compass.It was written in Persia or Anatolia, in A.H. 625 (1228 CE). Click here to read more about it, or here for the facsimile! -- source link

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