the oldest arab archery treatise ?

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Uli
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the oldest arab archery treatise ?

Post by Uli » Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:21 pm

This book:

Contribution ? l'?tude de l'archerie musulmane : principalement d'apr?s le manuscrit d'Oxford Bodl?ienne Huntington No 264 / Antoine Boudot-Lamotte. - Damaskus : Inst. Fran?ais de Damas, 1968

in its introduction claims to present a translation of the oldest arab treatise on archery (12th century, from the library of Saladin) :shock:

Can anyone validate this statement ?
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Post by Bede » Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:26 am

If you mean translated into a European language, it is the oldest. Saracen Archery has a good description of known manuscripts. There are other articles discussing Arabic archery literature.
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