Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 40

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DS ID:

DS6735

Shelfmark:

MS Or 40

Title:

al-Jabr wa al-muqābalah

Author:

Khuwārizmī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsá, active 813-846 / خوارزمي ، محمد بن موسى

Al-Khwarizmi WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Mirzā Abū al-Qāsim / مرزا ابو القاسم

Mirzā Abū al-Qāsim WIKIDATA

Place:

India?

India TGN

Date:

17--?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 65 paginated leaves : paper ; 235 x 165 (135 x 85) mm, bound to 245 x 170 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).
Layout: 17 lines per page with little marginalia.
Script: Written in Naskh in black ink.
Decoration: Numerous geometrical figures in red and black.
Origin: The copy is undated, perhaps produced in India in the 18th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 40.
Formerly owned by David Eugene Smith (bookplate inside front cover).

Keyword:

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Algebra

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/15856267

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_15856267_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library