Three treatises on arithmetic [‎head] (5/582)

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Three treatises on arithmetic

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Ref: Or 8416

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

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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Reference: Or 8416
Title: Three treatises on arithmetic
Pages: 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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