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al-Durar al-muntahirāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt

Title (arabic)

الدرر المنتهرات في العمل ببع المقنطرات

Title (translit)

al-Durar al-muntahirāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt

Author

Language

Arabic

Subject

Text type

Abridgement (epitome)

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Notes

An abridgement (unnumbered) by al-Wafāʾī of al-Nujūm al-zāhirāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt, his treatise on the almucantar quadrant (in 25 chapters)

ismi_id

324266

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P. 284 (no. 842), A3. See A2 for another abridgment.

King, David. 1986. A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns; The American Research Center in Egypt.

P. 71 (C61), 4.4.11.