Description of Columbia University MS Or 28: Kitāb al-ukar.

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Arabic Kitāb al-ukar. كتاب الأكر Theodosius, active 1st century B.C ثاوذوسيوس، translator Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, approximately 820-approximately 912 قسطا بن لوقا، editor Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, -901 ثابت بن قرة الحراني، former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 [1]v Kitāb al-ukar

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vii, 38, vii leaves : 197 x 124 (170 x 64) mm, bound to 201 x 125 mm Written in 17 long lines; border-ruled. Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink. Textblock is border-ruled in gold; rubrications in red; numerous geometrical digrams in red; simple headpiece (f. 1v). Bookplate: "David Eugene Smith" Simple headpiece Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram

Bound in purple pebble-grained cloth over card; plain paper doublure.

The item is undated; perhaps produced in the first half of the 19th century.

18--? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Formerly owned by David Eugene Smith (bookplate inside front cover). Geometry--Arab countries--History--Early works to 1800 Geometry--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Arabic--New York (State)--New York Codices (bound manuscripts) Diagrams Manuscripts (documents)