University of Pennsylvania, LJS 465

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DS ID:

DS701

Shelfmark:

LJS 465

Title:

Didactic poem on surveying and measurement of areas (taksīr).

Author:

Ibn Luyūn al-Tujībī, Saʻd ibn Aḥmad, 1282 or 1283-1349 or 1350 / ابن ليون التجيبي، سعد بن احمد، 1282 أو 1283-1349 أو 1350

Ibn Luyun WIKIDATA

Place:

Spain

Spain TGN

Date:

[13--?-14--?]

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 7 leaves : paper ; 198 x 142 (144 x 95) mm bound to 202 x 159 mm

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. codex.
Binding: Later morocco over pasteboard binding with flap (Type II) that is too large for the textblock; blind tooled with a central mandorla and double frame, spine repaired; inscriptions inside front cover; text and tables visible on inside back cover.
Origin: Item is undated, possibly copied in Spain in the 14th or 15th century.
Decoration: Small marginal geometric diagrams (f. 2v-6v); diagram annotations in red ink.
Layout: Written in 21 long lines; ruled in dry point.
Script: Written in small, neat maghribi in brown ink; pointed.
Collation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 7 + i (modern paper).
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 2004.

Keyword:

diagrams

Early works

codices (bound manuscripts)

Treatises

Manuscripts, Arabic

Manuscripts, Medieval

Mathematics

Geometry

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9959781433503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3fs33/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania