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Collection ID: 0032 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

MS Or 52 Kitāb al-kurah al-mutaḥarrikah / / كتاب الكرة المتحركة

Title

Kitāb al-kurah al-mutaḥarrikah /
كتاب الكرة المتحركة

Authors

Autolycus, active 2nd century
اوطولوقس

Other related names

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner

Call number

MS Or 52
(New York, NY. 10027, Columbia University., Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

Publisher

Columbia University.

Language

Arabic

Origin

Date: between 1725 and 1850?
Place: India?

Summary

Arabic translation of Autolycus' treatise on moving spheres.

Notes

Manuscript codex.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).

Extent

7 foliated leaves : 197 x 122 (173 x 65) mm, bound to 200 x 130 mm

Support

Paper

Binding

Sewn on single tape support, covered with purple pebble-grained cloth over card.

Layout

15-17 long lines, border-ruled with geometrical figures, catchwords on versos, lower left.

Decoration

Textblock border-ruled in gold. Rubrications and diagrams in red.

Script

Written in nastaʻliq in black ink.

Provenance

Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.

Subjects topical

Geometry--Early works to 1800
Mathematics, Greek--Translations into Arabic
Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic

Genres

Artificial grains
Codices
Diagrams
Manuscripts

Licenses

Text

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URL

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Text

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URL

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fol. 6r — Diagram
fol. 6v — Diagram
fol. 7r — Diagram

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