Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb. al-Risālah al-Muḥammadīyah.

خلاصة الحساب. الرسالة المحمدية

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Related Names

Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936, former owner.
Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, -1474 or 1475.
ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621.
Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Language(s)

Arabic

Published

[between 1750 and 1850?]

Subjects

Manuscripts, Arabic.
Mathematics, Arab > Mathematics, Arab / Early works to 1800.
Arithmetic > Arithmetic / Early works to 1900.
Onlays (decoration)
Envelope flaps (features)
Full covers.
Compilation manuscripts.
Manuscripts (documents)
Tables (documents)
Codices (bound manuscripts)

Summary

Two treatises on mathematics, copied together. The second work, al-Risālah al-Muḥammadīyah, contains only the first maqālah and seems to be the Arabic translation of al-Qūshjī's Persian Risālah fī al-ḥisāb.

Note

Shelfmark: MS Or 290.
Origin: Probably copied in the second half of the 18th or first half of the 19th century.
Decoration: Rubrications in red and blue; tables in red. Textblock is border-ruled in gold.
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink, pointed.
Layout: 27 long lines; border-ruled.
Foliation: Continuous modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Title from introduction to each work (f. 2r, 19r).
Manuscript codex.
Formerly owned by George A. Plimpton (bookplate inside front cover).

Physical Description

1 online resource (31 leaves) : paper, illustrations

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