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There are at least five extant copies representing the manuscript tradition of the early Arabic version. The following description and analysis is based on the available copies [five of the six reported ones], to be supplemented with a reproduction of opening and closing pages [see Manuscript Plates, pp. 232–241].
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Kheirandish, E. (1999). Description and Analysis of Manuscripts. In: The Arabic Version of Euclid’s Optics. Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, vol 16. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1452-6_2
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