An Exciting New Arabic Version of Euclid’s Elements: MS Mumbai, MULLĀ FĪ RŪ Z R.I.6
This paper introduces an anonymous and undated Arabic version of Euclid’s . It tries to determine its relationship to the textual history of the Arabic as known today. The value of the version, the paper argues, is its close relationship to the works of the first known translator of Euclid’s into Arabic, al-Ḥajjāj b.Yūsuf b.Maṭar, the light it sheds on philosophical debates surrounding the , and the new textual basis (BooksI toIX with some lacunae) it yields for the further study of the early...