Description of University of Pennsylvania LJS 296: Īḍāḥ al-maqāṣid li-farāʼid al-fawāʼid. University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts LJS 296: Īḍāḥ al-maqāṣid li-farāʼid al-fawāʼid. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. codex. Title from introduction (f. 2v). 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts LJS 296 9960048803503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/857671133 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6004880 Mathematical treatise with frequent marginal notes by multiple hands. Some of the marginal notes are textual variants or corrections, sometimes in red and corresponding to red overlining in the text. Later added table of contents (f. i verso-iii recto). Ribbon or thread tied in the outer margin as a marker (f. 118). Arabic Īḍāḥ al-maqāṣid li-farāʼid al-fawāʼid. ايضاح المقاصد لفرائد الفوائد Kāshānī, Yaḥyá ibn Aḥmad, active 14th century كاشاني، يحيى بن احمد، former owner Schoenberg, Lawrence J

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 172 leaves : 247 x 105 (220 x 75) mm bound to 247 x 110 mm Paper, i (modern) + 170; [i-iv, 1], 2-7, 9-23, 23-63, 63-99, [i], 100-132, 132-137, 137-145, 145-160, 160-162; later foliation in ink, upper left recto. Written in 29-33 long lines. Written in rapid naskh by the author (f. 162r). Occasional small diagrams (for example, f. 97r-99r, 103r-109r, 113r-114v, 136v-142r); overlining and some marginal notes in red. Table, f. 20v [=19v] Table, f. 22v [=21v] Diagram, f. 23r [=22r] Table, f. 23r Diagram, f. 25r Table, f. 26r Table, f. 27v Diagram, f. 30v Diagram, f. 31r Diagram, f. 34r Diagram, f. 34v Table, f. 41r Table, f. 42v Table, f. 43v Table, f. 44v Diagram, f. 45v Table, f. 47r Table, f. 50v Table, f. 53r Table, f. 53v Table, f. 55r Table, f. 55v Table, f. 57r Table, f. 57v Diagram, f. 80r [=81r] Table, f. 81r [=82r] Diagram, f. 82r [=83r] Table, f. 83r [=84r] Table, f. 83v [=84v] Table, f. 86v [=87v] Diagram, f. 90v [=91v] Diagram, f. 91v [=92v] Diagram, f. 92r [=93r] Diagram, f. 92v [=93v] Diagram, f. 93r [=94r] Diagram, f. 93v [=94v] Diagram, f. 94r [=95r] Table, f. 94v [=95v] Table, f. 95r [=96r] Diagram, f. 96v [=97v] Diagram, f. 97r [=98r] Diagram, f. 97v [=98v] Diagram, f. 98v [=99v] Diagram, f. 99r [=100r] Diagram, f. 99v [=100v] Diagram, f. 101r Diagram, f. 101v Diagram, f. 103r [=105r] Diagram, f. 103v [=105v] Diagram, f. 104r [=106r] Table, f. 104v [=106v] Diagram, f. 105v [=107v] Diagram, f. 106r [=108r] Diagram, f. 106v [=108v] Table, f. 106v [=108v] Diagram, f. 107r [=109r] Diagram, f. 107v [=109v] Diagram, f. 109r [=111r] Table, f. 111v [=113v] Diagram, f. 113r [=115r] Diagram, f. 113v [=115v] Diagram, f. 114r [=116r] Diagram, f. 114v [=116v] Table, f. 114v [=116v] Table, f. 115r [=117r] Table, f. 115v [=117v] Diagram, f. 117r [=119r] Diagram, f. 118v [=120v] Table, f. 121r [=123r] Table, f. 122r [=124r] Table, f. 123v [=125v] Table, f. 125v [=127v] Table, f. 128v [=130v] Table, f. 134r [=137r] Table, f. 134v [=137v] Diagram, f. 135v [=138v] Diagram, f. 136v [=139v] Diagram, f. 137r [=140r] Diagram, f. 137v [=140v] Diagram, f. 137v [=141v] Diagram, f. 138r [=142r] Diagram, f. 138v [=142v] Diagram, f. 139r [=143r] Diagram, f. 139v [=143v] Diagram, f. 140r [=144r] Diagram, f. 140v [=144v] Diagram, f. 141r [=145r] Diagram, f. 141v [=145v] Diagram, f. 142r [=146r] Diagram, f. 146v [=151v] Diagram, f. 147r [=152r] Table, f. 150r [=155r] Table, f. 152r [=157r] Table, f. 156v [=161v] Table, f. 157v [=162v] Diagram, f. 160r [=166r] Diagram, f. 161r [=167r]

Morocco spine and cover edges, rebacked; panel of parchment and a single gilt stamp on the upper cover with blind-tooled frame; panel now lacking on lower cover; writing on tail-edge.

Possibly written in Iṣfahān, Iran; completed in A.H. Shaʻbān 720 (September 1320, f. 162r).

A.H. 720 (1320) Iṣfahān?, Iran Multiple ownership inscriptions (inside upper cover, front flyleaf, f. i recto, 1r); ownership stamps (f. 1r-2r). Sold at auction at Christie's, 19 April 1999, lot 333, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013. Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016. Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800 Mathematics, Arab Early works Codices (bound manuscripts) Diagrams Treatises Manuscripts, Arabic Manuscripts, Medieval Manuscripts, 14th century