Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 305

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6586

Shelfmark:

MS Or 305

Title:

Hādhihi risālah fī al-ḥisāb ...

Place:

Turkey

Turkey TGN

Date:

1719-1720.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 online resource (40 leaves) : paper, illustrations

Former Owner(s):

Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936

George Arthur Plimpton WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title of set from caption title to first work (f. 1v). Title of first and second work from introductions (f. 1v, 10v). Title of third work from added title (f. 20r).
Layout: 19-23 long lines with generous margins for notes; extensive marginalia in first work. Catchwords in third work each verso, lower left.
Script: Naskh and nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized.
Decoration: Rubrications in red, including source-text. Diagrams and calculations in the margins, several tables. Floral decoration on title page of third work (f. 20r).
Origin: The third work is dated 1132 A.H. and was copied by the author (f. 40r). The other two works are undated.
Shelfmark: MS Or 305.
Formerly owned by George A. Plimpton (bookplate inside front cover).

Keyword:

tables (documents)

codices (bound manuscripts)

compilation manuscripts

manuscripts (documents)

diagrams

Arithmetic

Manuscripts, Arabic

Geometry

Astrolabes

Geodesy

Astronomy, Arab

Mathematics, Arab

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14294923

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14294923_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library