Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 44

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DS ID:

DS6492

Shelfmark:

MS Or 44

Title:

Kitāb al-kurah al-mutaḥarrikah / / كتاب الكرة المتحركة /

De sphaera quae movetur

Author:

Autolycus, of Pitane, approximately 360 B.C.-approximately 290 B.C.

Autolycus of Pitane WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1830 and 1899?

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper, diagrams

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 7 unpaginated leaves : paper, diagrams ; 205 x 127 (160 x 60) mm, bound to 210 x 125 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Decoration: Headings and 9 geometrical figures in red (f. 2r/v, 3v-4v, 5v-7r).
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords every verso, lower left.
Layout: 17 long lines.
Manuscript codex.
Origin: Likely copied in the mid- to late-19th century; machine-made paper.
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized.
Shelfmark: MS Or 44.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).

Keyword:

artificial grains

diagrams

codices (bound manuscripts)

manuscripts (documents)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Geometry

Arab countries

History

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13554103

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13604167_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library