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 InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1971.
Descriptionxiv, 206 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesHarvard monographs in the history of science
Harvard monographs in the history of science. ^A13971
General noteIncludes 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 noteAppendices (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.
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