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LJS 37 - Euclid - [Ikhtiṣār min al-maqālāt min kitāb Uqlīdis]
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Information about this record
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Euclid.
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| Title: |
[Ikhtiṣār min al-maqālāt min kitāb Uqlīdis] [manuscript].
Elements. Arabic
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[Egypt, Iraq, or Syria], A.H. 502-504 (1108-1111)
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| Physical description: |
93 leaves : paper, ill. ; 188 x 100 (145 x 60) mm. bound to 192 x 105 mm.
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| Summary: |
Epitome or abridgement in Arabic of Euclid's Elements, written on paper. The title page (f. i), first 4 leaves of text (f.
1-4), and a blank leaf (f. 5) are replacements, written on different paper in an 18th-century hand. The replacement title
page gives the incorrect title Taḥrīr Uqlīdis kāmil (Complete commentary on Euclid); the manuscript does not contain a
commentary.
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| Notes: |
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper, i (endleaf)+6 (18th-century paper?)+87+i (endleaf) ; 1² 2⁴ 3-5¹⁰ 6¹⁴ 7⁶ 8¹⁴(-1) 9¹⁶ 10⁶ 11² ; [i, 1-92];
modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.
Layout: Written in 15 long lines; ruled with a mistara with approximately 8 mm. between lines, a standard measurement for
manuscripts written in Egypt.
Script: Written in naskh script.
Decoration: Illustrated throughout with small geometric diagrams in red ink; headings and overlining in red.
Binding: Contemporary morocco blind-stamped with a knotted rope medallion on both covers, rebacked.
Origin: Written in Fatimid Egypt, Iraq, or Syria, from A.H. 1 Jumada 502 (Dec. 1108, f. 24v) to A.H. 4 Ramadan 504 (30 Mar.
1111, f. 49r).
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| Cite as: |
UPenn LJS 37.
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| Manuscript location: |
Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Pennsylvania LJS 37
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