Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 54

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DS ID:

DS6514

Shelfmark:

MS Or 54

Title:

Līlāvatī

Author:

Bhāskarācārya, 1114- / باسكراكاريا، - 1114

Bhāskara II WIKIDATA

Place:

India?

India TGN

Date:

1675.

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 75 foliated leaves : paper, illustrations ; 185 x 120 (140 x 85) mm, bound to 190 x 130 mm.

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from introduction (f. 2v).
Layout: 11-13 long lines.
Script: Written in taʻliq in black ink, pointed.
Decoration: Rubrications in red. Some geometrical figures (f. 52r-52v, 55r, 58v, 59r-60v, 61r, 62r-62v, 63v, 68r, 69r-71v) and tables (f. 7v-9r) in red.
Origin: Copy is dated 1086 AH (1675) (f. 75v).
Shelfmark: MS Or 54.

Keyword:

tables (documents)

Early works

diagrams

manuscripts (documents)

half covers

codices (bound manuscripts)

Arithmetic

Geometry

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13892523

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13892523_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library