Mathematical Instrumentation in Fourteenth-Century Egypt and Syria - The Illustrated Treatise of Najm Al-Dīn Al-Miṣrī

This volume contains the critical edition with English translation of a richly-illustrated Arabic treatise on the construction of over one hundred various astronomical instruments, many of which are otherwise unknown to specialists. It was composed by Najm al-D?n al-Misr?, a rather shadowy figure, in Cairo ca. 1330. The edition is accompanied by a detailed technical and historical commentary, which is framed as a self-standing essay on Islamic mathematical instrumentation. While this essay/commentary is mainly based on Najm al-D?n's treatise, it also benefits from the consultation of a large number of previously unstudied manuscripts, and includes a discussion of all relevant sources from the period 8001500.

About the author

François Charette, Dr.Phil. nat. (2001) in History of Science, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology, MIT. His work deals with the history of astronomy and scientific instrumentation in Islam.

Product details

• Authors: François Charette
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2003
• EAN: 9789004130159
• ISBN: 978-90-04-13015-9
• No. of pages: 584
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 244 mm x 42 mm
• Weight: 1125 g
• Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology a
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions