The astrological history of Masha'allah /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kennedy, E. S. (Edward Stewart), 1912-2009
Corporate Author: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Other Authors: Pingree, David Edwin, 1933-2005, Māshāʼallāh, 730?-815?
Format: Book
Language:Arabic
English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1971.
Series:Harvard monographs in the history of science.
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Description
Item Description:Includes Arabic text and English translation of fragments of a work by Masha'allah, presumably his Kitab al-qiranat wa-al-adyan wa-al-milal (romanized form) as preserved in Ibn Hibinta's al-Mughni fi al-nujum (romanized form) The text is reproduced in facsimile from Arabic MS. number 852, leaves 214v to 233v, in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich.
Appendices (pages 127-193): Masha'allah's Date of prophet's birth.--Masha'allah's Fi quyam al-khulafa'.--Masha'allah's Kitab al-mawalid.-- Additional horoscopes of Masha'allah.--A note on the Flood date, and five horoscopes from an Erfurt MS.--Another note on the Flood date.
Physical Description:xiv, 206 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm.