Daily Medieval

Although little is known of his personal life, and he was not famous in his own lifetime, the Sufi poet known as Attar of Nishapur (c.1145 –...

Syrian Astrolabe Yesterday I mentioned that Omar Khayyam spent some of his time working on calendar reform. This was not the same calen...

First page of " Cubic equation and intersection of conic sections" A book of verses underneath the bough A flask of wine, ...