Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 30 - FOLIO/FLAT

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DS ID:

DS6485

Shelfmark:

MS Or 30 - FOLIO/FLAT

Title:

Uṣūl al-handasah wa-al-ḥisāb / / اصول الهندسة والحساب /

Elements

Author:

Euclid

Euclid WIKIDATA

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

1348.

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper, illustrations

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 95 foliated leaves : paper, illustrations ; 285 x 165 (185 x 95) mm, bound to 295 x 190 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Decoration: Diagrams, headings, and overlines in red.
Foliation: Foliation in ink in Hindu-Arabic numerals, upper left recto.
Layout: 24-26 long lines, with extensive marginalia and geometrical shapes.
Manuscript codex.
Origin: 751 A.H. (f. 95v).
Script: Written in nastaʻliq with marginalia in rapid nastaʻliq; pointed, unvocalized.
Shelfmark: MS Or 30 - FOLIO/FLAT
Title from introduction (f. 1v).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

recessed sewing supports

trough-marbled paper

manuscripts (documents)

diagrams

half covers

Geometry

Early works

Manuscripts, Arabic

Arab countries

History

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13540650

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13604039_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library