Taḥṣīl al-munā fī sharḥ Talkhīṣ Ibn al-Bannāʼ; تحصيل المنا في شرح تلخيص ابن البناء

Contributor:

Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Ḥusn (scribe)

Name:

Mawāhidī, Abū ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Yaʻqūb ibn Ayyūb, active 1350-1389

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1445

Description:

Commentary on the Talkhīṣ aʻmāl al-ḥisāb, a treatise on mathematical operations by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn al-Bannāʼ, with particular focus on calculations involving fractions and square roots. According to the notes of Mahdi Abdeljaouad and Jeffrey Oaks, the manuscript includes excerpts from 3 other treatises: Rafʻ al-ḥijāb ʻan wujūh aʻmāl al-ḥisāb (his own commentary on the Talkhīṣ); Maqālāt fī ʻilm al-ḥisāb; and Kitāb al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah (a treatise on algebra). 5 computational tables (f. 27r, 34v, 35r, 46v, 49v). Includes corrections of text and calculations.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Jul. 2004.; 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/ljs464.html; Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000472

Subject:

Ibn al-Bannāʾ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1256?-1321? Talkhīṣ aʻmāl al-ḥisāb; Algebra -- Early works to 1800; Algebra; Mathematics, Arab -- Early works to 1800; Mathematics, Arab

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); commentaries; tables (documents); Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

96 leaves : paper, tables; 210 x 140 (177 x 115) mm bound to 212 x 155 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Teacher and author in mathematics and inheritance law.; Title from colophon (f. 96r).; Foliation: Paper, 96; [1-96]; modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto.; Layout: Written in 24 lines.; Script: Written in maghribi script in brown ink, pointed.; Decoration: Rubrications in red including citations and numbers; colophon in red ink.; Binding: Later red leather with flap (Type II), tooled central mandorla and double frame. Spines repaired.; Origin: Written in Granada, completed 11 Sha'ban A.H. 849 (November 1445) by Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Ḥusn (f. 96r).; Arabic.; Related Work: Ibn al-Bannāʼ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1256?-1321? Maqālāt fī ʻilm al-ḥisāb. Selections.; Related Work: Ibn al-Bannāʼ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1256?-1321?. Rafʻ al-ḥijāb ʻan aʻmāl al-ḥisāb. Selections.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 464

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)