Author
Euclid.
Publication Date
1108
Publication Place
[Egypt, Iraq, or Syria], A.H. 502 (1108-1109) -
Subject
Geometry--Early works to 1800., Geometry., Mathematics, Greek.
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
8 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 188 x 100 (145 x 60) mm
Library
Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID
779347172
Record ID
9948056223503681
Library Location
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date
1108
Notes
Ms. gathering., Title supplied by cataloger., Collation: Paper, 8 ; 1⁸., Layout: Written in 15 long lines; ruled with a misṭarah with approximately 8 mm. between lines, a standard measurement for manuscripts written in Egypt., Script: Written in naskh in dark brown ink; partially pointed., Decoration: Illustrated throughout with small geometric diagrams in red ink; rubrications including headings and overlines in red., Origin: From a parent manuscript (LJS 37) written in Fatimid Egypt, Iraq, or Syria, between A.H. Jumādá al-Ūlá and Ramaḍān 502 (Dec. 1108-April 1109). | Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. | Arabic. | From a parent manuscript (LJS 37) that was in Persia in the 18th century., LJS 460 sold at auction at Christie's, 17 Oct. 2003, lot 407, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Sample Text
One gathering, perhaps partial, from an abridgment in Arabic of Euclid's Elements, written on paper.
Atıf Şekli
UPenn LJS 460.
Atıf Yapılan
Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. (LJS 460).
Tür
fragments (object portions), abridgements, treatises, diagrams, Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, Medieval.
İlgili Koleksiyonlar
The parent manuscript of this gathering is LJS 37.
