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LJS 460 - Euclid - [Gathering from Ikhtiṣār min al-maqālāt min kitāb Uqlīdis]
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Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection: LJS 460 - Euclid - [Gathering from Ikhtiṣār min al-maqālāt min kitāb Uqlīdis]
Permanent Link: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4805622
Author:
Euclid.
Title:
[Gathering from Ikhtiṣār min al-maqālāt min kitāb Uqlīdis] [manuscript].
Elements. Arabic. Selections.
Origin:
[Egypt, Iraq, or Syria], A.H. 502-504 (1108-1111)
Physical description:
8 leaves : paper, ill. ; 188 x 100 (145 x 60) mm.
Summary:
One gathering, perhaps partial, from an epitome or abridgement in Arabic of Euclid's Elements, written on paper.
Notes:
Ms. gathering.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper, 8 ; 1⁸.
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.
Origin: From a parent manuscript (LJS 37) written in Fatimid Egypt, Iraq, or Syria, dated A.H. 1 Jumada 502 (Dec. 1108) and A.H. 4 Ramadan 504 (30 Mar. 1111).
Cite as:
UPenn LJS 460.
Manuscript location:
Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Pennsylvania LJS 460
 
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