Description of Columbia University. MS Or 147: Kitāb al-qawl al-mubdiʻ fī sharḥ al-Muqniʻ.

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Commentary on Al-Muqniʻ, a poem on algebra by Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn al-Hāʼim.

Arabic Kitāb al-qawl al-mubdiʻ fī sharḥ al-Muqniʻ. كتاب القول المبدع في شرح المقنع Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1423- سبط المارديني، بدر الدين محمد بن محمد، Ibn al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -1412 ابن الهائم، احمد بن محمد، former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1v Kitāb al-qawl al-mubdiʻ fī sharḥ al-Muqniʻ.

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24 leaves : 180 x 135 (130 x 100) mm, bound to 180 x 140 mm Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left. 21 long lines. Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, unvocalized.

Full covers of marbled paper over pasteboard with flap. Embossed leather medallion onlays on both covers, though mostly removed from front cover. Plain brown paper doublure.

Item is dated 19 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 876 AH (f. 29v).

1472 Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Arabic--New York (State)--New York Codices Commentaries Full covers Islamic bindings (Binding) Envelope flaps (features) Onlays (decoration)