Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 305

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DS ID:

DS6586

Shelfmark:

MS Or 305

Title:

Hādhihi risālah fī al-ḥisāb ... / هذه رسالة في الحساب ...

Risālah fī al-ḥisāb

Place:

Turkey

Turkey TGN

Date:

1719-1720.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper, illustrations

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 40 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 205 x 130 (135 x 55) mm, bound to 205 x 135 mm

Former Owner(s):

Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936

George Arthur Plimpton WIKIDATA

Note:

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).
Layout: 19-23 long lines with generous margins for notes; extensive marginalia in first work. Catchwords in third work each verso, lower left.
Manuscript codex.
Origin: The third work is dated 1132 A.H. and was copied by the author (f. 40r). The other two works are undated.
Script: Naskh and nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized.
Shelfmark: MS Or 305.
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).
Formerly owned by George A. Plimpton (bookplate inside front cover).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

manuscripts (documents)

tables (documents)

compilation manuscripts

diagrams

Arithmetic

Early works

Geometry

Astronomy, Arab

Manuscripts, Arabic

Geodesy

Astrolabes

Islamic Empire

Mathematics, Arab

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13720586

IIIF Manifest:

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

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library