Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 52

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DS ID:

DS6513

Shelfmark:

MS Or 52

Title:

Kitāb al-kurah al-mutaḥarrikah /

Author:

Autolycus, active 2nd century / اوطولوقس

Autolycus of Pitane WIKIDATA

Place:

India?

India TGN

Date:

between 1725 and 1850?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 7 foliated leaves : paper, diagrams ; 197 x 122 (173 x 65) mm, bound to 200 x 130 mm.

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).
Layout: 15-17 long lines, border-ruled with geometrical figures, catchwords on versos, lower left.
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink.
Decoration: Textblock border-ruled in gold. Rubrications and diagrams in red.
Shelfmark: MS Or 52.

Keyword:

diagrams

manuscripts (documents)

codices (bound manuscripts)

artificial grains

Geometry

Mathematics, Greek

Manuscripts, Arabic

Mathematics, Arab

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13892520

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13892520_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library