the oldest arab archery treatise ?
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 ?
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 ?
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.