Kitāb al-kurah al-mutaḥarrikah /
Ūṭūlūqus.

كتاب الكرة المتحركة

Description

Main Author

Autolycus, active 2nd century.

Related Names

Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, -901, editor.
Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner.
Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Language(s)

Arabic

Published

[between 1830 and 1899?]

Subjects

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

Summary

Arabic translation of Autolycus' treatise on moving spheres.

Note

Origin: Likely copied in the mid- to late-19th century; machine-made paper.
Shelfmark: MS Or 44.
Decoration: Headings and 9 geometrical figures in red (f. 2r/v, 3v-4v, 5v-7r).
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized.
Layout: 17 long lines.
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords every verso, lower left.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).
Manuscript codex.

Physical Description

1 online resource (7 unpaginated leaves) : paper, diagrams

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