Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 287

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DS ID:

DS6577

Shelfmark:

MS Or 287

Title:

Kitāb al-ukar

Author:

Theodosius, active 1st century B.C.

Theodosius of Bithynia WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Tabrīzī, Muḥammad ʻAlī / تبريزي، محمد علي

Muḥammad ʻAlī al-Tabrīzī WIKIDATA

Place:

Tabriz?

Tabriz TGN

Date:

1895.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 online resource (46 leaves) : paper, illustrations

Former Owner(s):

Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936

George Arthur Plimpton WIKIDATA

Note:

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

Keyword:

History

blind-tooled (decoration)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

diagrams

Stamps

Sphere

Manuscripts, Arabic

Geometry

Arab countries

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14230900

IIIF Manifest:

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

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library