Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
[Persian treatise on arithmetic].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 442L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dch702qk87q
Publisher
1191 [1777 or 1778]
Language
Persian
Date Created
1777
Format
Manuscript
Extent
40 leaves : paper ; 240 x 132 (63-73 x 80) mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Martinovitch, N.N. Catalogue of Turkish and Persian manuscripts (1926), no. 442
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Treatise on mathematics.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Marginal notes. Contains tables and diagrams. Inserts.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 40 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 15-16 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
Origin: Dated 1191 (leaf 40a).
Binding Note
Unbound. Sewn.

Discovery Information

Subject
Mathematics, Arab—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton
tables (documents)
diagrams

Physical Characteristics

File Count
86

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d7e67a37-9c15-4e13-96fa-067e0b2a67d4/manifest