Commentary on the summary of arithmetical operations by the late 13th- and early 14th-century scholar Ibn al-Bannāʼ. Demonstrates with examples the calculation of sums involving fractional numbers and square roots. Extensive marginal notes on a few leaves (p. 20-35). The first leaf is missing and the text ends abruptly. Several leaves have restored outer margins. Pages 189-194 missing text because of conservation after water damage.
Creator:
Ibn al-Qunfudh, Aḥmad ibn Ḥusayn, -1406 or 1407.
Date:
1400
Description:
Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.
159 leaves : paper; 268 x 195 (205 x 135) mm bound to 274 x 208 mm
Personal Name:
Ibn al-Bannāʾ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad,; Ibn al-Bannāʼ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1256?-1321? Talkhīṣ aʻmāl al-ḥisāb. Selections.
Corporate Name:
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Rights:
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Notes:
Origin: Written in northern Africa, probably Morocco, in the 15th or 16th century.; Binding: Later red leather, blind-stamped with central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis, cornerpieces and frame; rebacked. Marbled doublure.; Ms. codex.; Watermarks: Laid European paper with grape watermark.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Pagination: 159 leaves; [1-55, i-ii, 56-151, i-ii, 152-165, 164-273, 174-179, 280-312], later pagination in blue ink, upper center. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso, many obscured by past water damage.; Layout: Written in 24 long lines.; Script: Written in maghribi script in brown ink; pointed. Headings in larger script.; Decoration: Calculations in red ink. Numerous tables in red and brown ink.; Arabic.
Physical Location:
Oversize LJS 481
Collection:
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
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