[Gathering from Ikhtiṣār lil-maqālāt min kitāb Uqlīdis]

Name:

Euclid

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1108

Description:

One gathering, perhaps partial, from an abridgment in Arabic of Euclid's Elements, written on paper.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

From a parent manuscript (LJS 37) that was in Persia in the 18th century.; LJS 460 sold at auction at Christie's, 17 Oct. 2003, lot 407, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs460.html; Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000468

Subject:

Geometry -- Early works to 1800; Geometry; Mathematics, Greek

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Fragments (object portions); Abridgements; Treatises; Diagrams; Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, Medieval; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

8 leaves : paper, illustrations; 188 x 100 (145 x 60) mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. gathering.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Paper, 8; 1⁸.; Layout: Written in 15 long lines; ruled with a misṭarah with approximately 8 mm. between lines, a standard measurement for manuscripts written in Egypt.; Script: Written in naskh in dark brown ink; partially pointed.; Decoration: Illustrated throughout with small geometric diagrams in red ink; rubrications including headings and overlines in red.; Origin: From a parent manuscript (LJS 37) written in Fatimid Egypt, Iraq, or Syria, between A.H. Jumādá al-Ūlá and Ramaḍān 502 (Dec. 1108-April 1109).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 460 (shelved with LJS 37)

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)