The astrological history of Māshā'allāh / [by] E. S. Kennedy and David Pingree.
| Author/creator | Kennedy, E. S. |
| Other author | Pingree, David, 1933-2005 |
| Other author | Māshāʼallāh, 730?-815? |
| Other author | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1971. |
| Description | xiv, 206 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Harvard monographs in the history of science Harvard monographs in the history of science. ^A13971 |
| General note | Includes Arabic text and English translation of fragments of a work by Māshā'allāh, presumably his Kitāb al-qiränāt wa-al-adyān wa-al-milal as preserved in Ibn Hibintā's al-Mughnī fī al-nujūm. The text is reproduced in facsimile from Arabic MS. no. 852, leaves 214v to 233v, in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich. |
| General note | Appendices (p. 127-193): Māshā'allāh's Date of prophet's birth.--Māshā'allāh's Fi quyām al-khulafa'.--Māshā'allah's Kitāb al-mawālīd.-- Additional horoscopes of Māshā'allāh.--A note on the Flood date, and five horoscopes from an Erfurt MS.--Another note on the Flood date. |
| LCCN | 72113185 |