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Taḥṣīl al-munā fī sharḥ Talkhīṣ Ibn al-Bannāʼ. Collection of Al-Manna fi Sharh Tulkhīz Ibn al-Banna’.
( تحصيل المنا في شرح تلخيص ابن البناء)

Title	Taḥṣīl al-munā fī sharḥ Talkhīṣ Ibn al-Bannāʼ. Collection of Al-Manna fi Sharh Tulkhīz Ibn al-Banna’.
Title Original	تحصيل المنا في شرح تلخيص ابن البناء
Author	Mawāhidī, Abū Abd al-Raḥmān Yaʻqūb ibn Ayyūb, active 1350-1389.
Publication Date:	1445
Subject	Ibn al-Bannāʾ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1256?-1321? Talkhīṣ aʻmāl al-ḥisāb., Algebra--Early works to 1800., Algebra., Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800., Mathematics, Arab.
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	96 leaves : paper, tables ; 210 x 140 (177 x 115) mm bound to 212 x 155 mm
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	1002883391
Record ID	9948304643503681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date	1445
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from colophon (f. 96r)., Foliation: Paper, 96; [1-96]; modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto., Layout: Written in 24 lines., Script: Written in maghribi script in brown ink, pointed., Decoration: Rubrications in red including citations and numbers; colophon in red ink., Binding: Later red leather with flap (Type II), tooled central mandorla and double frame. Spines repaired., Origin: Written in Granada, completed 11 Sha'ban A.H. 849 (November 1445) by Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Ḥusn (f. 96r). \| Arabic. \| Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Jul. 2004., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Sample Text	Commentary on the Talkhīṣ aʻmāl al-ḥisāb, a treatise on mathematical operations by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn al-Bannāʼ, with particular focus on calculations involving fractions and square roots. According to the notes of Mahdi Abdeljaouad and Jeffrey Oaks, the manuscript includes excerpts from 3 other treatises: Rafʻ al-ḥijāb ʻan wujūh aʻmāl al-ḥisāb (his own commentary on the Talkhīṣ); Maqālāt fī ʻilm al-ḥisāb; and Kitāb al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah (a treatise on algebra). 5 computational tables (f. 27r, 34v, 35r, 46v, 49v). Includes corrections of text and calculations.
Biyografi/Tarihçe	Teacher and author in mathematics and inheritance law.
Atıf Şekli	UPenn LJS 464.
Atıf Yapılan	Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 38 (LJS 464).
İçerik	Ibn al-Bannāʼ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1256?-1321? Maqālāt fī ʻilm al-ḥisāb. Selections., Ibn al-Bannāʼ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1256?-1321?. Rafʻ al-ḥijāb ʻan aʻmāl al-ḥisāb. Selections., ابن البناء، احمد بن محمد، 1256؟-1321؟ مقالات في علم الحساب. Selections., ابن البناء، احمد بن محمد، 1256؟-1321؟ رفع الحجاب عن اعمال الحساب. Selections.
Tür	codices (bound manuscripts), commentaries, tables (documents), Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, Medieval., Manuscripts, Renaissance., Early works.
Hakkında Yayınlar	Oaks, Jeffrey A. "Algebraic symbolism in medieval Arabic algebra." Philosophica 87 (2012), pp. 27-83.

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Taḥṣīl al-munā fī sharḥ Talkhīṣ Ibn al-Bannāʼ. Collection of Al-Manna fi Sharh Tulkhīz Ibn al-Banna’.

( تحصيل المنا في شرح تلخيص ابن البناء)

Author Mawāhidī, Abū Abd al-Raḥmān Yaʻqūb ibn Ayyūb, active 1350-1389.

Publication Date 1445

Subject Ibn al-Bannāʾ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1256?-1321? Talkhīṣ aʻmāl al-ḥisāb., Algebra--Early works to 1800., Algebra., Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800., Mathematics, Arab.

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 96 leaves : paper, tables ; 210 x 140 (177 x 115) mm bound to 212 x 155 mm

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 1002883391

Record ID 9948304643503681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Date 1445

Notes Ms. codex., Title from colophon (f. 96r)., Foliation: Paper, 96; [1-96]; modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto., Layout: Written in 24 lines., Script: Written in maghribi script in brown ink, pointed., Decoration: Rubrications in red including citations and numbers; colophon in red ink., Binding: Later red leather with flap (Type II), tooled central mandorla and double frame. Spines repaired., Origin: Written in Granada, completed 11 Sha'ban A.H. 849 (November 1445) by Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Ḥusn (f. 96r). | Arabic. | Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Jul. 2004., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Sample Text Commentary on the Talkhīṣ aʻmāl al-ḥisāb, a treatise on mathematical operations by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn al-Bannāʼ, with particular focus on calculations involving fractions and square roots. According to the notes of Mahdi Abdeljaouad and Jeffrey Oaks, the manuscript includes excerpts from 3 other treatises: Rafʻ al-ḥijāb ʻan wujūh aʻmāl al-ḥisāb (his own commentary on the Talkhīṣ); Maqālāt fī ʻilm al-ḥisāb; and Kitāb al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah (a treatise on algebra). 5 computational tables (f. 27r, 34v, 35r, 46v, 49v). Includes corrections of text and calculations.

Biyografi/Tarihçe Teacher and author in mathematics and inheritance law.

Atıf Şekli UPenn LJS 464.

Atıf Yapılan Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 38 (LJS 464).

İçerik Ibn al-Bannāʼ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1256?-1321? Maqālāt fī ʻilm al-ḥisāb. Selections., Ibn al-Bannāʼ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1256?-1321?. Rafʻ al-ḥijāb ʻan aʻmāl al-ḥisāb. Selections., ابن البناء، احمد بن محمد، 1256؟-1321؟ مقالات في علم الحساب. Selections., ابن البناء، احمد بن محمد، 1256؟-1321؟ رفع الحجاب عن اعمال الحساب. Selections.

Tür codices (bound manuscripts), commentaries, tables (documents), Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, Medieval., Manuscripts, Renaissance., Early works.

Hakkında Yayınlar Oaks, Jeffrey A. "Algebraic symbolism in medieval Arabic algebra." Philosophica 87 (2012), pp. 27-83.