Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 44

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6492

Shelfmark:

MS Or 44

Title:

Kitāb al-kurah al-mutaḥarrikah /

Author:

Autolycus, active 2nd century

Autolycus of Pitane WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1830 and 1899?

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 online resource (7 unpaginated leaves) : paper, diagrams

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

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

Keyword:

History

diagrams

codices (bound manuscripts)

artificial grains

Manuscripts, Arabic

Geometry

New York (State)--New York

Arab countries

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13604167

IIIF Manifest:

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

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library