Early Arabic Printing: Movable Type & Lithography (April–June 2009)
Item
Kitāb al-zīj al-Ṣābiʾ
Title
Kitāb al-zīj al-Ṣābiʾ
كتاب الزيج الصابئ
Opus astronomicum. Pars tertia.
Description
An early zīj, or astronomical almanac, written by the 9th/10th century mathematician, scientist and astronomer Muḥammad ibn Jābir al- Battānī, d. 929 (Albatenius of the Middle ages in Latin) He was a descendent of a Mandaean (Sabian) family from Harran (now in south-eastern Turkey).
Creator
Battānī, Muḥammad ibn Jābir, d. 929.
بتاني، محمد بن جابر، d. 929.
Identifier
QB23 A42 1899 +Oversize
Source
ORBIS record
Subject
Astronomy--Early works to 1800.
Astronomy, Arab.
Publisher
Prostat apud U. Hoeplium
Date
1899
Contributor
Nallino, Carlo Alfonso, 1872-1938.
Format
279 p. ; 29 cm
Language
Arabic
Type
movable type
Coverage
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