A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library

The Egyptian National Library (Dab al-Kutub al-Misraya) contains a vast treasury of medieval manuscripts still largely untapped by modern scholarship. Among these are some 2,500 manuscripts relating to the exact sciences, mathematics, and astonomy, which constitute the largest single collection of medieval scientific manuscripts in the world.

About the author

David A. King is professor in the Institute for the History of Science at Goethe University, Frankfurt.

Summary

The Egyptian National Library (Dab al-Kutub al-Misraya) contains a vast treasury of medieval manuscripts still largely untapped by modern scholarship. Among these are some 2,500 manuscripts relating to the exact sciences, mathematics, and astonomy, which constitute the largest single collection of medieval scientific manuscripts in the world.

Product details

• Authors: David A. King
• Publisher: American Research Center in Egypt
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780936770147
• ISBN: 978-0-936770-14-7
• No. of pages: 332
• Weight: 326 g
• Series: Catalogs; The American Research Center in Egypt Catalogs; American Research Center in Egypt Catalogs; Catalogs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works