Description of Columbia University. MS Or 50: Bughyat al-ṭullāb fī sharḥ Munyat al-ḥussāb.

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Commentary by Ibn Ghāzī on his own mathematical poem; source-text in red with commentary in dark brown.

Arabic Bughyat al-ṭullāb fī sharḥ Munyat al-ḥussāb. بغية الطلاب في شرح منية الحساب Ibn Ghāzī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1437 or 1438-1513 ابن غازي، محمد بن احمد، Ibn Ghāzī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1437 or 1438-1513 ابن غازي، محمد بن احمد، scribe ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Aḥmad, active 1747 عبد القادر بن احمد، former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1v Kitāb bughyat al-ṭullāb fī sharḥ munyat al-ḥussāb

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i, 164, iii leaves : 202 x 157 (125 x 75) mm, bound to 205 x 170 mm Idiosyncratic foliation in ink, upper center recto; modern foliation in pencil added, upper left recto; references in the record are to the modern foliation. 20 long lines; catchwords each verso, lower left. Written in maghribī in dark brown ink. Rubrications in red; some diagrams and tables. Notations Notations Tables Notations Tables Notations Table Diagram Table Tables Tables Table Table Table Table Table Table Diagram Tables Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Table Table Table Diagram

Brownish-red leather over pasteboard with blind-tooled frame; blind-stamped, blue paper onlay mandorla; flap has coordinating onlay.

Copy completed on 28 Ramaḍān 1160 AH by ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Aḥmad (f. 162v).

1747 Morocco? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Acquired by David Eugene Smith on 17 March, 1929 in Marrakesh (note in pencil, first flyleaf recto at front of book: "Marrakech, Mch. 17, 1929. DES."). Arithmetic--Early works to 1900 Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Arabic Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents) Diagrams Tables (documents) Full covers Onlays (decoration) Envelope flaps (features) Islamic bindings (Binding)