Substantial sections from an illustrated treatise on the measurement of weight, with a historical introduction to theories of gravity and weighing in Greek and Arabic science; tables of densities of substances including metals, precious stones, solids, and liquids; and descriptions of different types of balances. 26 diagrams and 18 tables with a few marginal notes. A few catchwords have been added by later hands. Damage to edges of many leaves.
Creator:
Khāzinī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, active 1121.
Date:
1250
Description:
Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd., cat. 22 (2000), to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Publisher:
[1250?-1350?]
Relation:
Book of the balance of wisdom.; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs386.html; http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278
98 leaves : paper, color illustrations; 195 x 160 (145 x 110) mm
Personal Name:
Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.
Corporate Name:
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Binding: Unbound, with some partial gatherings still joined or repaired at gutter.; Decoration: 26 diagrams and 18 tables in red and black ink; rubrications in red.; Origin: Item is undated, likely copied sometime between the last half of the 13th century and the first half of the 14th century.; Ms. codex.; Script: Written in naskh in black ink; partially pointed, with headings in larger tawqīʻ.; Title from table of contents (p. 16, 17).; Pagination: Paper, 98 leaves; [3-18, 37-38, 43-78, 83-94, 97-188, 191-192, 231-232, 235-240, 243-244, 247-248, 261-276, 285-292]; modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written in 15 long lines.; Arabic.
Physical Location:
LJS 386
Collection:
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
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