File:Lunar phases al-Biruni.jpg
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creator QS:P170,Q11826 |
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drawing object_type QS:P31,Q93184 |
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Description |
العربية: مخطوطة بِيد أبي الريحان البيروني (973-1048م) تتناول أطوار أو مراحل القمر المُختلفة، من كتاب التفهيم (المخطوط بِالفارسيَّة).
تعريب التعليق: English: Illustration of different phases of the moon, from manuscript of the Kitab al-Tafhim by Al-Biruni (973-1048).
فارسی: جایگاههای مختلف ماه در کتاب التفهیم اثر ابوریحان بیرونی. |
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Date |
18th century date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 [1] |
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gouache on paper medium QS:P186,Q204330;P186,Q11472,P518,Q861259 |
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institution QS:P195,Q5964764 |
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Accession number |
Ms. 6565 |
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bottom in manuscript:
میان مردمان نکرستن و ناستذنْ این مَعْنیها را خلافَسْت در روشناای ستارکان که ایشانرا روشناای از خویستن است - miyān-i mardumān nigaristan u nā-sitaḏan īn ma'nīhā-rā xalāfast dar rōšanā'ī-yi sitāragān ki ēšān-rā rōšanā'ī az xwēštan ast- [Why – why the increase and decrease of the light of the moon is settled while other stars don't behave so? Observing these and not understanding the spirit of these is a misdeed among the people that the light of the stars is of their own.] |
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Source/Photographer | Scanned from: Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1976) Islamic Science: An Illustrated Study, World of Islam Festival Publishing Company ISBN 090503502X |
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File change date and time | 17:18, 21 April 2006 |
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