Descriptive Information

Title

بىان الحکمة.

Transliterated Title

Bayān al-ḥikmah.

Call Number

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 541H

Identifier

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/wm117s27v

Language

Arabic

Date Created

1200-1299

Format

Manuscript

Rights Statement

No Known Copyright

Notes

Fols. 32; 16.8 x 11.5 cm.; written surface 13.7 x 8 cm.; 16 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; entries in red.

A work on geometry compiled from the Elements of Euclid, who flourished B.C. 323-285, the Almagest of Ptolemy d. after A.D. 161, and the Method of Archimedes b. ca. B.C. 287 and d. B.C. 212.

Beg.: بسم الله ... الحمد لله الذي کملنا بعقل الفعال

Colophon: ونختم الرسالة بهذا الباب والله اعلم واحکم بالحقىقة

Ruled marginal lines in red. Writing parallel to back of binding. Attached to MS are 44 folios containing a treatise on magic dealing with the properties of the ring of Ṣāliḥ, and another on numbers and their squares, both in Persian and copied A.H. 609 [A.D. 1212]. MS is old and belongs probably to the first half of the XIIIth century. In fair condition; very rare.

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.

Discovery Information

Subject

Mathematics, Arab—Early works to 1800

Geometry—Early works to 1800

Euclid's Elements—Early works to 1800

Islamic magic—Early works to 1800

Physical Characteristics

File Count

152

Institutional Information

Collection

Manuscripts of the Islamic World

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/cd986b34-7c0c-4dc0-8bfa-84df1188fa27/manifest

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