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Three treatises in different hands, bound together. The first is an abridgement of Ibn al-Bannāʼ's Talkhīṣ by Ibn al-Hāʼim. The second is a short work on astrolabe terminology and use. The third appears to be an autograph of Sharḥ mukhtaṣar al-Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah by ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Aḥmad al-Dimashqī.

Arabic Hādhihi risālah fī al-ḥisāb ... هذه رسالة في الحساب Ibn al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -1412 ابن الهائم، احمد بن محمد، Ibn al-Bannāʼ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1256?-1321? ابن البناء، احمد بن محمد، Dimashqī, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Aḥmad دمشقي، عبد اللطيف بن احمد Ashʻarī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, active 11th century-12th century اشعري، احمد بن محمد، former owner Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936 1v Hādhihi risālah fī al-ḥisāb … 1v Mukhtaṣar ḥāwin li-mā bi-Talkhīṣ Ibn al-Bannāʼ / Ibn al-Hāʼim 10v Risālah mukhtaṣarah adhkuru fī-hā asmāʼ al-rusūm al-marsūmah ʻalá al-ālah al-musammāh bi-al-asṭurlāb al-shamālī dhāt ṣafāʼiḥ wa-baʻḍ aʻmālihā. 20v Sharḥ mukhtaṣar al-Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah.

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40 leaves : 205 x 130 (135 x 55) mm, bound to 205 x 135 mm 19-23 long lines with generous margins for notes; extensive marginalia in first work. Catchwords in third work each verso, lower left. Naskh and nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized. Rubrications in red, including source-text. Diagrams and calculations in the margins, several tables. Floral decoration on title page of third work (f. 20r). Bookplate: "George A. Plimpton" Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Diagram Diagrams Diagrams Diagram Polychrome floral decoration Owner's notation Diagrams Diagrams Diagrams Diagrams Diagrams

Marbled paper cover over pasteboard with red spine and fore-edge.

The third work is dated 1132 A.H. and was copied by the author (f. 40r). The other two works are undated.

1719-1720 Turkey Gift of George Arthur Plimpton, 1936. Formerly owned by George A. Plimpton (bookplate inside front cover). Arithmetic--Early works to 1900 Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800 Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800 Astrolabes--Islamic Empire--Early works to 1800 Geodesy--Early works to 1800 Geometry--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Arabic--New York (State)--New York Codices Diagrams Manuscripts Tables (documents)