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A treatise on geometry.
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- Publisher
- [between 1600 and 1899?]
- People
-
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 535Hq
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A treatise on geometry.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- رسالة مدخل في علم الهندسة.
- Transliterated Title
- Risālat madkhal fī ʻilm al-handasah.
- Call Number
- Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 535Hq
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcrr1729111
- Publisher
- [between 1600 and 1899?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1600-1899
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 11 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 252 x 180 (190 x 121) mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1061.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from preface (fol. 1b).
- A few marginal notes and glosses; with diagrams. MS is incomplete at the end.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 11 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 32-56 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (coat-of-arms with a lion; eagle) ; MS in good condition.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين الحمد لوليه والصلوة على نبيه وعلى اله اصحابه وبعد فيقول العبد الفقير الى رحمة ربه الغني محمد عاطف بن عبد الرحمن القبوخاقى ... هذه الرسالة مدخل في علم الهندسة ...
- Ending: وان کانت زوايا المتناظرة متساوية فقط لا اضلاعهما المتناظرة يسميان بمثلثين المتشابهين العاشرة
- Binding Note
- Unbound.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 26
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3d7838b6-fa11-496d-8c40-55379839dc93/manifest