| Al-Kitabu al-Majisti | |
| Type: | Tractatus |
| Language: | Arabic |
| Topic: | Artes Liberales |
| Quality: | 12 |
| Level: | N/A |
| Author: | Claudius Ptolemaeus |
Al-Kitabu al-Majisti is an Arabic translation of Mathematike Syntaxis, a mathematical and astronomical treatise written in the second century AD by the Greco-Roman philosopher Claudius Ptolemaeus of Alexandria. The translation was made by an unknown Saracen scribe at the request of the caliph Al-Ma'mun in the 9th century.
The Arabic calligraphy in this edition is very elaborate and a large number of diagrams and illustrations have been added. The book is a tractatus on Artes Liberales with a Quality of 12.