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al-Bayān wa al-tidhkār fī ṣinʻat ʻamal al-ghubār. Explanation and reminder in the craftsmanship of dust making.
( البيان و التذكار في صنعة عمل الغبار)

Title	al-Bayān wa al-tidhkār fī ṣinʻat ʻamal al-ghubār. Explanation and reminder in the craftsmanship of dust making.
Title Original	البيان و التذكار في صنعة عمل الغبار
Author	Abū Bakr al-Ḥaṣṣār, active 12th century.
Publication Date:	1194
Subject	Algebra--Early works to 1800., Algebra., Arithmetic--Early works to 1900., Arithmetic., Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800., Mathematics, Arab.
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	86 leaves : wove paper ; 232 x 165 (164 x 114) mm bound to 234 x 175 mm
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	779966851
Record ID	9948193403503681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date	1194
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from title page and introduction (f. 1r, 1v)., Collation: Paper, i + 86 + i; 18 212 38 412 58 612 78 812 96. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso., Layout: Written in 15 long lines., Script: Written in naskh in black ink; partially pointed., Binding: Early calf over paper boards, blind-stamped with central four-lobed medallion and rolled double frame with text in the outer frame A.H. Safar 590 (Jan.-Feb. 1194, f. 86r). \| Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. \| Arabic. \| Formerly owned by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (owner's statement, f.1r). Thaʻlab (Taghlib) al-Sāʻātī al-Baghdādī, (owner's statement, f. 1r)., This book belongs to the grace of Rabba al-Wahab Ali ibn Tha'lab (Taghlib) al-Sā'ati al-Baghdī, (f. 1r)., Sold at auction at Christie's, 20 Apr. 1999, lot 320, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle.
Sample Text	On calculation with integers and fractions; a copy of a work composed in the Maghrib; some marginal notations.
Atıf Şekli	Abū Bakr al-Ḥaṣṣār, Bayān wa al-tadhkār fī ṣanʻat ʻamal al-ghubār (LJS 293). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
Atıf Yapılan	Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 38 (LJS 293).
Tür	Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, Medieval -- 12th century., codices (bound manuscripts), treatises, Early works.
Hakkında Yayınlar	Oaks, Jeffrey A., "The medieval Arabic zero," in Peter Gobets and Robert Lawrence Kuhn, eds., The origin and significance of zero: an interdisciplinary perspective (Boston: Brill, 2024), p. 256.

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al-Bayān wa al-tidhkār fī ṣinʻat ʻamal al-ghubār. Explanation and reminder in the craftsmanship of dust making.

( البيان و التذكار في صنعة عمل الغبار)

Author Abū Bakr al-Ḥaṣṣār, active 12th century.

Publication Date 1194

Subject Algebra--Early works to 1800., Algebra., Arithmetic--Early works to 1900., Arithmetic., Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800., Mathematics, Arab.

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 86 leaves : wove paper ; 232 x 165 (164 x 114) mm bound to 234 x 175 mm

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 779966851

Record ID 9948193403503681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Date 1194

Notes Ms. codex., Title from title page and introduction (f. 1r, 1v)., Collation: Paper, i + 86 + i; 18 212 38 412 58 612 78 812 96. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso., Layout: Written in 15 long lines., Script: Written in naskh in black ink; partially pointed., Binding: Early calf over paper boards, blind-stamped with central four-lobed medallion and rolled double frame with text in the outer frame A.H. Safar 590 (Jan.-Feb. 1194, f. 86r). | Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. | Arabic. | Formerly owned by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (owner's statement, f.1r). Thaʻlab (Taghlib) al-Sāʻātī al-Baghdādī, (owner's statement, f. 1r)., This book belongs to the grace of Rabba al-Wahab Ali ibn Tha'lab (Taghlib) al-Sā'ati al-Baghdī, (f. 1r)., Sold at auction at Christie's, 20 Apr. 1999, lot 320, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle.

Sample Text On calculation with integers and fractions; a copy of a work composed in the Maghrib; some marginal notations.

Atıf Şekli Abū Bakr al-Ḥaṣṣār, Bayān wa al-tadhkār fī ṣanʻat ʻamal al-ghubār (LJS 293). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

Atıf Yapılan Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 38 (LJS 293).

Tür Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, Medieval -- 12th century., codices (bound manuscripts), treatises, Early works.

Hakkında Yayınlar Oaks, Jeffrey A., "The medieval Arabic zero," in Peter Gobets and Robert Lawrence Kuhn, eds., The origin and significance of zero: an interdisciplinary perspective (Boston: Brill, 2024), p. 256.