Kitāb al-ukar.

كتاب الأكر

Description

Main Author

Theodosius, active 1st century B.C.

Related Names

Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936, former owner.
Tabrīzī, Muḥammad ʻAlī, scribe.
Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, approximately 820-approximately 912, translator.
Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Language(s)

Arabic

Published

[Tabriz?], 1895.

Subjects

Sphere.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
Geometry.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
Sphere > Sphere / Early works to 1800.
Geometry > Geometry / Early works to 1800.
Geometry > Geometry / Arab countries > Geometry / Arab countries / History.
Arab countries.
Stamps (Provenance)
Blind tooled (decoration)
History.
Early works.
Manuscripts (documents)
Diagrams.
Codices (bound manuscripts)

Summary

On spheres and their geometrical qualities. Copied in a lined copybook with 14 blank leaves at the end. Further note in Persian about the copy by the scribe at the end of the text (f. 27r).

Note

Colophon gives month of copying as Rajab.
Shelfmark: MS Or 287.
Origin: The copy was finished in Rajab 1312 AH by Muḥammad ʻAlī al-Tabrīzī.
Decoration: Rubrications in red; numerous diagrams (nearly every page).
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized.
Layout: 18 long lines on ruled paper.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).
Manuscript codex.
Formerly owned by George A. Plimpton (bookplate inside front cover).
Formerly owned by Kitābkhānah-i Tarbiyat in Tabriz, Iran (Owner's stamp dated 1898, f. 1r).

Physical Description

1 online resource (46 leaves) : paper, illustrations

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