Ragep S.P. Jaghmīnī’s Mulakhkhaṣ: An Islamic Introduction to Ptolemaic Astronomy

Springer International Publishing, AG, 2016. — 359 p. — (Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences) — ISBN10: 3319319922.This book would not have been possible without the assistance of many libraries that allowed me access to their collections: the Bašagić Collection of Islamic Manuscripts, University Library of Bratislava; the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; the Süleymaniye Library and the Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Library, Istanbul; the Staatsbibliothek, Berlin; the Forschungsbibliothek, Gotha; the Rare Book and Manuscript Library Collection, University of Pennsylvania; the Islamic Manuscripts Collection, Princeton University Library; Cambridge University Library; Oriental Collections, Leiden University; the Dār al-kutub, Cairo; and, various libraries throughout Iran, including those within Isfahan, Qum, and Tehran. I owe special thanks to the Süleymaniye Manuscripts Library and the Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu Başkanlığı, Istanbul, and the Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, for permission to reproduce images from their collections. I am also indebted to the support of the Rational Sciences in Islam (RaSI) database research project housed at McGill University, and especially the Islamic Scientific Manuscript Initiative (ISMI) component.Editorial Procedures
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