Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 287

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DS ID:

DS6577

Shelfmark:

MS Or 287

Title:

Kitāb al-ukar / كتاب الأكر

De sphaericis

Author:

Theodosius, active 1st century B.C.

Theodosius of Bithynia WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Khayābānī, Muḥammad ʻAlī al-Tabrīzī / تبريزي، محمد علي

Muḥammad ʻAlī al-Tabrīzī Khayābānī WIKIDATA

Place:

Tabriz?

Tabriz TGN

Date:

1895.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper, illustrations

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 46 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 206 x 130 (160 x 72) mm, bound to 207 x 139 mm

Former Owner(s):

Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936

George Arthur Plimpton WIKIDATA

Note:

Colophon gives month of copying as Rajab.
Decoration: Rubrications in red; numerous diagrams (nearly every page).
Layout: 18 long lines on ruled paper
Manuscript codex.
Origin: The copy was finished in Rajab 1312 AH by Muḥammad ʻAlī al-Tabrīzī.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized.
Shelfmark: MS Or 287.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).
Formerly owned by George A. Plimpton (bookplate inside front cover).
Formerly owned by Kitābkhānah-i Tarbiyat in Tabriz, Iran (Owner's stamp dated 1898, f. 1r).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

manuscripts (documents)

diagrams

Stamps

blind-tooled (decoration)

Geometry

Early works

Sphere

Manuscripts, Arabic

Arab countries

History

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13720580

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14230900_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library