Three treatises on arithmetic
Or 8416
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The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+284+ii. It was created in 1023. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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(1) al-Ghazzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad (الغزي، أحمد بن محمد), Sharḥ nuzhat al-nuẓẓār fī ʿilm al-ghubār (شرح نزهة النظار في علم الغبار; ff. 2r-129r);
(2) al-Qabāqibī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad (القباقبي، إبراهيم ابن محمد), ʿUmdat al-ṭullāb fī ʿilm al-ḥisāb (عمدة الطلاب في علم الحساب; ff. 129v-270r);
(3) Ibn al-Hāʾim (ابن الهائم), Kitāb al-lumaʿ al- yasīrah fī ʿilm al-ḥisāb (كتاب اللمع اليسيرة في علم الحساب; ff. 271v-283r).
The manuscript was completed on Monday 3 Rabī‘ I 1023/14 April 1614 (see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 283r, transcribed below).
Two leaves from another manuscript containing a portion of a religious text written in maghribī script are bound into this volume as ff. 284 and end leaf i.
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- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+284+ii
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- 255 imagesRef: Or 8416, ff 2r-129r282 imagesRef: Or 8416, ff 129v-270r24 imagesRef: Or 8416, ff 271v-283r
- Physical characteristics
Material: Eastern laid paper
Dimensions: 205 x 145 mm leaf [110 x 85 mm written]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil
Ruling: Misṭarah ; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing 14 lines per 10 cm
Script: Naskh
Ink: Black ink, with headings, figures and punctuation in red
Decoration: None
Binding: British Museum binding
Condition: Very minor insect damage, repaired in places; minor tidemarks and foxing towards back of volume; edge margin of f. 162 damaged and repaired
Marginalia: Very few, but see ff. 271v-279v on which there are marginalia in maghribī script by more than one hand
Seals: None
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- Arabic in Arabic script
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- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
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- Or 8416
- Date(s)
- 1023 (AH, Hijri qamari)
- Immediate source of acquisition
Purchased from Ḥājjī ‘Abd al-Majīd Belshah, 8 November 1919
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- Or 8416
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- Three treatises on arithmetic
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 270v:271r, 283v:284v, ii-r:iii-v, back-i
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- Or 8416, ff 2r-129r
- Title
- Sharḥ nuzhat al-nuẓẓār fī ʿilm al-ghubār شرح نزهة النظار في علم الغبار Ghazzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad غزي، أحمد بن محمد
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- 2r:129r
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- Please see item description
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- Or 8416, ff 129v-270r
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- ‘Umdat al-ṭullāb fī ‘ilm al-ḥisāb عمدة الطلاب في علم الحساب Qabāqibī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad قباقبي، إبراهيم بن محمد
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- 129v:270r
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- Please see item description
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- Or 8416, ff 271v-283r
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- Kitāb al-lumaʿ al- yasīrah fī ʿilm al-ḥisāb كتاب اللمع اليسيرة في علم الحساب Ibn al-Hāʾim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ابن الهائم، أحمد بن محمد
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- 271v:283r
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- Please see item description
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