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Kitāb al-ukar (Menelaus's Sphaerica )
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كتاب الأكر
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Kitāb al-ukar (Menelaus's Sphaerica )
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Greek-classical
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First-order prose composition (or compilation) [matn]
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This Greek treatise on spherical geometry is lost but was translated several times into Arabic between the 9th and 10th centuries [known as Kitāb fī al-ashkāl al-kurrīyah (كتاب في الأشكال الكرية) or Kitāb al-ukar (كتاب الأكر)]; and these became the subject of numerous commentaries and revisions. |
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484666
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Literature References
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Rashed, Roshdi, and Athanase Papadopolulos. 2017. Menelaus' Spherics: Early Translation And Al-Māhānī/Al-Harawī's Version. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter .
Acerbi, F. 2015. “Traces Of Menelaus’ Sphaerica In Greek Scholia To The Almagest”. Sciamvs 16: 91-124.
Bjørnbo, Axel. 1902. Studien Über Menelaos’ Sphärik. Beiträge Zur Geschichte Der Sphärik Und Trigonometrieder Griechen. Abhandlungen Zur Geschichte Der Mathematischen Wissenschaften 14. Leipzig: B.G. Teubner.
Sidoli, Nathan. 2019. “Review Of Menelaus’ ‘Spherics’: Early Translation And Al-Māhānī/Al-Harawī’s Version, By Roshdi Rashed And Athanase Papadopoulos”. Aestimatio 14: 14-21.