Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 34

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DS ID:

DS6699

Shelfmark:

MS Or 34

Title:

Ṣināʻat al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah

Author:

Omar Khayyam / عمر خيام

Omar Khayyám WIKIDATA

Scribe:

ʻĀshiq, Muḥammad / عاشق، محمد،

ʻĀshiq, Muḥammad WIKIDATA

Place:

Lahore

Lahore TGN

Date:

17--?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: v, 50, vi leaves : paper, illustrations ; 245 x 170 (190 x 100) mm, bound to 248 x 175 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).
Layout: Chiefly 14 long lines with geometric figures.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Numerous geometric figures in red and black.
Origin: Copy completed on the 13th of Rabīʻ al-Awwal [year in code, undeciphered] by Muḥammad ʻĀshiq in Lahore (f. 49v); probably 18th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 34.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

manuscripts (documents)

Early works

diagrams

Algebra

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/15264441

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_15264441_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library