Newly Acquired Arabic Manuscript on Early Astronomy and Mathematics
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post by Anchi Hoh, program specialist in the African and Middle Eastern Division.) The Library of Congress’s African and Middle Eastern Division recently added to its treasure trove a very important 15th century Arabic manuscript on astronomy and mathematics. “Tahrir al-Majisti” (“Commentary on the Almagest”), by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, is …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division, Arab/Arab American, Manuscripts