Badāʼiʻ al-funūn.

بدائع الفنون

Description

Related Names

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner.
Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Language(s)

Persian

Published

[India?], 1664.

Subjects

Markets.
Manuscripts, Persian.
Commerce.
Manuscripts, Persian > Manuscripts, Persian / New York (State) > Manuscripts, Persian / New York (State) / New York.
Markets > Markets / Islamic countries > Markets / Islamic countries / Handbooks, manuals, etc.
New York (State) > New York (State) / New York.
Islamic countries.
Islamic countries > Islamic countries / Commerce > Islamic countries / Commerce / Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Handbooks and manuals.
Secondary sewing (endband techniques)
Compound endbands.
Frame covers.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Codices (bound manuscripts)

Summary

On accounting for merchants, including calculating shorthands to make accounting easier (abjad numbers), which the author calls ʻilm al-siyāq.

Note

Shelfmark: MS Or 37.
Origin: Copy completed in 1074 AH. (f. 55r).
Decoration: Rubrications in red.
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized.
Layout: 14-15 long lines with alpha-numerical calculations and marginalia; catchwords on versos, lower left.
Title from introduction (f. 3r).
Manuscript codex.
Formerly owned by Muḥammad ʻAlī Khān, dated A.H. 1231? (1816) (owner's stamp on f. 1r).

Physical Description

56 foliated leaves : paper ; 236 x 140 (190 x 100) mm, bound to 245 x 145 mm

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