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A treatise on arithmetic containing an introduction, four parts and a conclusion. The first part covers the arithmetic of whole numbers. The second part deals with fractions; the third, with roots; and the fourth, with unknowns. It is stated in the preface that the work is an abridgment of the authorʼs own work Kashf al-jilbāb ʻan ʻilm al-ḥisāb.
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- Author
- Qalaṣādī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, 1412 or 1413-1486 or 1487
- قلصادي، علي بن محمد، 1412 or 1413-1486 or 1487
- Related Name
- عطاء الله، احمد بن علي، active 18th century
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 532H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A treatise on arithmetic containing an introduction, four parts and a conclusion. The first part covers the arithmetic of whole numbers. The second part deals with fractions; the third, with roots; and the fourth, with unknowns. It is stated in the preface that the work is an abridgment of the authorʼs own work Kashf al-jilbāb ʻan ʻilm al-ḥisāb.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- کشف الاسرار عن حروف الغبار.
- Transliterated Title
- Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥurūf al-ghubār.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 532H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcqv33s725c
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1762
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 30 leaves : paper ; 218 x 155 (160 x 97) mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership signature of Yūsuf al-Barūnī in Tūnis and a seal impression (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1039.
- Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, V, p. 185, VII, p. 570.
- Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium (1846), 418.
- Catalogue des manuscrits arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 2473.
- Rosen, Les manuscrits arabes de l'Institut des langues orientales, 193.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from text (fol. 1b).
- A few marginal notes and glosses.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 30 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 25 lines per page ; ruled.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermark (three crescents) ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: According to colophon copied Friday 23 Jumādá al-Ūlá 1176 by Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī ʻAṭāʼ Allāh (fol. 30b).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم صلى الله على سيدنا محمد وسلم تسليما يقول عبدالله تعلى علي بن محمد بن على القرشي الشهير بالقلصادي ...
- Colophon: وکان الفراغ منه صبيحة يوم الجمعة يوم ثلاثة وعشرين في شهر جماد[ى] الاولى رزقنا الله خيره ووقانا شره امين عام 1176 م ستة وسبعين ومائة والف
- Binding Note
- Unbound.
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Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 64
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/85874101-4797-4051-bf21-9f626afc940d/manifest