Wojewódzki I. [Review:] Medieval Arab and Persian Manuscripts on Physics and Mathematics in Libraries of the Former Soviet Union. Fasc. I: Naṣir al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī and His Works on Mathematics and Astronomy in the libraries of St. Petersburg, Kazan, Tashkent, and Dushanbe. Compiled by M. M. Rozhanskaya, G. P. Matvievskaya, I. O. Luther. Moscow: The Publishing House “Vostochnaia Literatura”, 1999, 142 pp. // Manuscripta Orientalia. Vol. 7. No. 2. June 2001. P. 69—71.
The study, description, and publication of extant Arabic-Persian
manuscripts arе of primary importance for the
continuation of research on the history of the exact sciences
both in the East and in the West, on the transfer of knowledge
and inter-civilizational dialogue in the Middle Ages.
as well as for research on the currently popular topic of the
“Arab” Archimedes, Euclid, and Ptolemy in medieval
Europe through the prism of Latin translations of Arabic-language
authors. Soviet scholars' works over the last 30—40 years played a significant role in triggering a substantial
re-evaluation of the achievements of Arab-Muslim science.
If earlier Muslim science was treated by scholars only as a
“bridge” or “link“ between Hellenism and the Renaissance.
the recent studies based on the investigation of extant
manuscripts by Arab and Persian authors has convincingly
shown their primacy in a number of scientific fields...
2 октября 2023 г. Отдел Дальнего Востока ИВР РАН проводит конференцию в честь 90-летия выдающего отечественного китаеведа Александра Степановича Мартынова (1933–2013).
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