Inscription: The cards give the name in the inscription/colophon scrawled in red ink along the lower left of fol. 118r as Muhammd Takr -- it looks rather to be Muhammad Taqi. The notation on the flyleaf that states that the pictures are of 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi mean that they are based on his images and would seem to indicate along tradition of following his original images so that the actual manuscript that this artist based his images on could have been made at any time between al-Sufi and the date of this mss
A massive asteroid is expected to pass by Earth on Halloween in the closest fly-by since 2006. NASA discovered the asteroid, dubbed 2015 TB145 on Oct. 10 using Pan-STARRS 1. The asteroid is described as being “extremely eccentric” and will come 1.3 lunar distances (310,000 miles) from Earth around 11:14 a.m., at 78,000 mph. The […]
He was an astronomer, mathematician, physicist, philosopher and linguist who lived in the Timurid Empire and the Ottoman Empire. The most important reason for his recognition is that he was the scholar who made the first map of the Moon. It is known that he was sent to China by Ulug Bey and on his return he calculated the surface area of the Earth and the ecliptic as 24 degrees.
IMG_1898 - Manuscripts. Mamma Haidara Library- Timbuktu, Mali. Photo Salym Fayad
In 2008, a cuneiform clay tablet that had puzzled scholars for over 150 years was finally translated. It was discovered to be a contemporary Sumerian account of an asteroid impact at Köfels, Austria.
From Iraq to Libya, Corine Wegener works to preserve priceless objects of human history
"La Llorona" remains a popular name amongst people in Mexico and other countries of Latin America.
Sure, Saturn's luminous rings are a cosmic marvel, but did you know that Earth once had rings? If we still had them today, what would they look like?
Astrolabe - National Maritime Museum
al-Sūfī. Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita -- -- manuscrits
“Brass Persian astrolabe by Muhammad Mahdi al-Khadim al-Yazdi, c.1659-1660 @NMMGreenwich.”
The Persian Empire is the name given to a series of dynasties centered in modern‑day Iran, beginning with the conquests of Cyrus the Great around 550 B.C.
This is the front of a documentary Sharron Hawkes and I made about the astronomy content in the medieval Timbuktu manuscripts. This was the first science in Africa…
Celestial Sphere, 1st half of the 14th century? Base Width: 0.108 m. Weight: 3.2 kg., PERIOD 14th Century PRODUCTION SITE: Iran (original) TECHNICAL / MATERIAL: incised, brass, molded (technical) Height: 0.433m Diameter: 0.21m LOCATION: Paris, Louvre AO825 Photo by Louvre Museum, Dist. RMN / Raphael Chipault
He was the 4th sultan of the Timurid Empire, a Turkish mathematician and astronomy scholar. His father was Shahruh, the younger son of Timur, and his mother was Gevher Shâd. He was born in 1394 in Sultaniye, Azerbaijan. His real name was Muhammad Taragay and he started to be called Ulug Bey because he was loved by Timur. He founded Ulug Bey Observatory in Samarkand. He wrote one of the most important astronomy books of all time.
