Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 36

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6488

Shelfmark:

MS Or 36

Title:

Badīʻ al-ḥisāb

Author:

Rajab ʻAlī Beg / رجب عل&#٬٠٦كك؛ ب&#٬٠٦كك؛گ

Rajab ʻAlī Beg Surūr WIKIDATA

Place:

Lahore

Lahore TGN

Date:

1851.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 online resource ([1], 76, [2] foliated leaves) : paper, diagrams

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from introduction (f. 2r).
Layout: 15 long lines with some geometrical figures and formulas written vertically in between the text.
Script: Written in rapid nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized.
Decoration: Overlines, headings, and textual divisions in red. Geometrical diagrams in black.
Inserted: A letter written by David Eugene Smith on behalf of the American Mathematical Society (founded 1888) asking for contributions to the library of the Society laid in (between f. 5v and 6r). The back of the letter holds a handwritten long division problem, copied from f. 5v, with an explanation by Smith.
Shelfmark: MS Or 36.
Origin: Copy completed on 25 April 1851; the corresponding date in Vikram Samvat, 1908, is also given (f. 76v).

Keyword:

Islamic bindings

manuals (instructional materials)

codices (bound manuscripts)

compilation manuscripts

diagrams

manuscripts (documents)

Insertions (Provenance)

Manuscripts, Persian

Geometry

Arithmetic

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13604121

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13604121_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library