Kitāb al-ukar.

كتاب الاكر

Description

Main Author

Theodosius, active 1st century B.C.

Related Names

Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, -901, editor.
Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, approximately 820-approximately 912, translator.
Aḥmad ibn al-Muʻtaṣim, commissioning body.
Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner.
Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Language(s)

Arabic

Published

[India?], [between 1850 and 1899?]

Subjects

Manuscripts, Arabic.
Geometry.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
Geometry > Geometry / Arab countries > Geometry / Arab countries / History.
New York (State) > New York (State) / New York.
Arab countries.
History.
Diagrams.
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Manuscripts (documents)
Re-used (materials)
Artificial grains.

Summary

On spheres and their geometrical qualities.

Note

Shelfmark: MS Or 25.
Origin: Likely copied in the mid- to late-19th century.
Decoration: Some rubrications. Numerous geometrical figures in red and black, some incomplete.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black; pointed, unvocalized.
Layout: 17 long lines; frame-ruled.
Title from introduction (Flyleaf 1v).
Manuscript codex.

Physical Description

1 online resource (38 foliated leaves) : paper, illustrations ; 218 x 125 (120 x 65) mm, bound to 210 x 130 mm

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