Description of University of Pennsylvania LJS 386: Kitāb Mīzān al-ḥikmah. University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts LJS 386: Kitāb Mīzān al-ḥikmah. 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 table of contents (p. 16, 17). 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts LJS 386 9948249193503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/792895897 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4824919 Substantial sections from an illustrated treatise on the measurement of weight, with a historical introduction to theories of gravity and weighing in Greek and Arabic science; tables of densities of substances including metals, precious stones, solids, and liquids; and descriptions of different types of balances. 26 diagrams and 18 tables with a few marginal notes. A few catchwords have been added by later hands. Damage to edges of many leaves. Arabic Kitāb Mīzān al-ḥikmah. كتاب ميزان الحكمة Khāzinī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, active 1121 خازني، عبد الرحمن، former owner Schoenberg, Lawrence J

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 98 leaves : 195 x 160 (145 x 110) mm Paper, 98 leaves; [3-18, 37-38, 43-78, 83-94, 97-188, 191-192, 231-232, 235-240, 243-244, 247-248, 261-276, 285-292]; modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. Written in 15 long lines. Written in naskh in black ink; partially pointed, with headings in larger tawqīʻ. 26 diagrams and 18 tables in red and black ink; rubrications in red. Table, p. 17 [=15] Table, p. 18 [=16] Table, p. 45 [=21] Table, p. 46 [=22] Diagram, p. 49 [=25] Diagram, p. 50 [=26] Diagram, p. 63 [=39] Diagram, p. 66 [=42] Diagram, p. 70 [=46] Diagram, p. 75 [=51]

Unbound, with some partial gatherings still joined or repaired at gutter.

Item is undated, likely copied sometime between the last half of the 13th century and the first half of the 14th century.

1250?-1350? Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd., cat. 22 (2000), to Lawrence J. Schoenberg. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011. Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016. Balances (Weighing instruments)--Early works to 1800 Scales (Weighing instruments)--Early works to 1800 Hydrostatics--Early works to 1800 Mechanics--Early works to 1800 Balances (Weighing instruments) Scales (Weighing instruments) Manuscripts, Arabic--13th century Manuscripts, Arabic--14th century Manuscripts, Medieval Gatherings (gathered matter components) Detached leaves Treatises Diagrams Tables (documents) Early works Codices