Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 25

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6484

Shelfmark:

MS Or 25

Title:

Kitāb al-ukar

Author:

Theodosius, active 1st century B.C. / ثاوذوسيوس, active 1st century B.C.

Theodosius of Bithynia WIKIDATA

Place:

India?

India TGN

Date:

between 1850 and 1899?

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 online resource (38 foliated leaves) : paper, illustrations ; 218 x 125 (120 x 65) mm, bound to 210 x 130 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from introduction (Flyleaf 1v).
Layout: 17 long lines; frame-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black; pointed, unvocalized.
Decoration: Some rubrications. Numerous geometrical figures in red and black, some incomplete.
Origin: Likely copied in the mid- to late-19th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 25.

Keyword:

History

codices (bound manuscripts)

artificial grains

diagrams

manuscripts (documents)

re-used (materials)

Manuscripts, Arabic

New York (State)--New York

Geometry

Arab countries

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13604015

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13604015_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library