1st Edition
Optics and Theory of Vision in the Kitāb nūr alʿuyūn wa-ǧāmiʿ al-funūn Critical Edition, Translation, and Commentary of the Second maqāla
By Matteo Pimpinelli
Copyright 2027
256 Pages
134 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
This book offers a new critical edition, translation and commentary of the second maqāla – on optics and theory of vision – of the 8th century AH/AD 14th century Kitāb nūr al-ʿuyūn wa-ǧāmiʿ al-funūn .
The Kitāb nūr alʿuyūn wa-ǧāmiʿ al-funūn is a significant medieval Arabic treatise on ophthalmology. This book focuses on the second “chapter” or maqāla , which deals with optics and... Read more
Part I. Introduction. The Kitāb nūr al-ʿuyūn wa-ǧāmiʿ al-funūn; Part II. The Manuscripts of the Kitāb nūr al-ʿuyūn wa-ǧāmiʿ al-funūn; Part III. The Second maqāla: Critical Edition, Translation and Commentary; Appendix I: The Diagrams of the Second maqāla; Appendix II: Ninth maqāla, Fourteenth bāb: Critical Edition, Translation and Commentary; Appendix III: Specialized Glossary.
Biography
Matteo Pimpinelli is Research Associate in the DFG project “Averroes as Physician” at Bonn Universität, Germany. In 2024, he earned a PhD on Civilisations of Africa and Asia (Sapienza University of Rome). His research focuses on manuscript studies and the history of Arabic science.
