بىان الحکمة.

Title:

بىان الحکمة.

Creator:

Khāṭirī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad

Date:

1200-1299

Description:

Fols. 32; 16.8 x 11.5 cm.; written surface 13.7 x 8 cm.; 16 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; entries in red.A work on geometry compiled from the Elements of Euclid, who flourished B.C. 323-285, the Almagest of Ptolemy d. after A.D. 161, and the Method of Archimedes b. ca. B.C. 287 and d. B.C. 212.Beg.: بسم الله ... الحمد لله الذي کملنا بعقل الفعالColophon: ونختم الرسالة بهذا الباب والله اعلم واحکم بالحقىقةRuled marginal lines in red. Writing parallel to back of binding. Attached to MS are 44 folios containing a treatise on magic dealing with the properties of the ring of Ṣāliḥ, and another on numbers and their squares, both in Persian and copied A.H. 609 A.D. 1212. MS is old and belongs probably to the first half of the XIIIth century. In fair condition; very rare.Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.

Language:

Arabic

Type:

Early works to 1800

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Mathematics, Arab—Early works to 1800

Rights:

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Identifier:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 541H
Electronic Resource
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Is part of:

Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts

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