Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 309

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6708

Shelfmark:

MS Or 309

Title:

Ḥafīrat al-taʼsīs min taʼlīf al-Qass Alīʻāzar

Date:

15--?-16--?

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 73 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 152 x 106 (114 x 66) mm, bound to 155 x 112 mm

Former Owner(s):

Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936

George Arthur Plimpton WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Layout: 15 long lines.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink.
Decoration: Rubrications in red ink; red dots punctuate text; numerous diagrams, some three-dimensional.
Origin: The item is undated, possibly 16th or 17th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 309.
Brown leather over pasteboard; blind-tooled design of inset rectangles with frame rule.

Keyword:

History

codices (bound manuscripts)

manuscripts (documents)

Early works

diagrams

Manuscripts, Arabic

Elements (Euclid)

Geometry

Arab countries

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/15265591

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_15265591_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library