Book + DVD-ROM + Fac-simile
€ 49,90
ISBN: 978-88-6048-013-2 (English/Arabic)
ISBN: 978-88-6048-012-5 (Italian/French)
All major bookstores (Italy) or on e-stores: English/Arabic - Italian/French
The Book of Secrets in the Results of Ideas was copied in 1266 from the original text written by Ibn Khalaf al-Murādī in the 11th century. The manuscript’s only copy is preserved in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana of Florence, Italy. Its unique value is because it presents descriptions and designs of more than thirty ingenious devices, including large automata systems, water clocks, calendars and war machines. It is a primary source for the study of medieval Arabic technology.
DVD-ROM for Windows
This interactive book offers a completely new method to discover and learn about the manuscript. Its beautifully detailed photographs of the original are accompanied by over 30 3D models, animations, descriptions, translations and full transcriptions, in order to clearly understand al-Muradi’s work, for the first time in history.
Illustrated book
Two colour books of 192 pages each contains translations, intepretations, transcriptions and images of all the machines.
Fac-simile
Digital photography at nearly 100 millions of pixels done for this publication have made possible this fac-simile of the 96 pages of the manuscript with an incredible detail and quality.
€ 49,90
ISBN: 978-88-6048-013-2 (English/Arabic)
ISBN: 978-88-6048-012-5 (Italian/French)
All major bookstores (Italy) or on e-stores: English/Arabic - Italian/French
The Book of Secrets in the Results of Ideas was copied in 1266 from the original text written by Ibn Khalaf al-Murādī in the 11th century. The manuscript’s only copy is preserved in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana of Florence, Italy. Its unique value is because it presents descriptions and designs of more than thirty ingenious devices, including large automata systems, water clocks, calendars and war machines. It is a primary source for the study of medieval Arabic technology.
DVD-ROM for Windows
This interactive book offers a completely new method to discover and learn about the manuscript. Its beautifully detailed photographs of the original are accompanied by over 30 3D models, animations, descriptions, translations and full transcriptions, in order to clearly understand al-Muradi’s work, for the first time in history.
Illustrated book
Two colour books of 192 pages each contains translations, intepretations, transcriptions and images of all the machines.
Fac-simile
Digital photography at nearly 100 millions of pixels done for this publication have made possible this fac-simile of the 96 pages of the manuscript with an incredible detail and quality.
