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Taḥrīr Uṣūl al-handasah wa-al-ḥisāb. Editing the principles of geometry and arithmetic.
( تحرير اصول الهندسة والحساب)

Title	Taḥrīr Uṣūl al-handasah wa-al-ḥisāb. Editing the principles of geometry and arithmetic.
Title Original	تحرير اصول الهندسة والحساب
Author	Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274.
Publication Date:	1485
Subject	Euclid. Elements., Geometry--Early works to 1800., Geometry., Mathematics, Greek.
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	213 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 170 x 87 (114 x 48) mm bound to 180 x 111 mm
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	792739755
Record ID	9948188123503681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date	1485
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from introduction (f. 2v); other title from added note (f. 3r)., Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 213 + i (modern paper); [1-213] ; modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto., Layout: Written in 18 long lines; marginalia., Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed., Decoration: Small geometric diagrams in red ink with black letters or black ink with red letters throughout., Binding: Modern Western red leather rebinding, blind-stamped with gilt-stamped spine; spine title "Tahrir al-Iqlidis, Euclidis elementa geometrica, 1458"., Origin: Copy completed at the end of Rabīʻ al-Awwal A.H. 890 (April 1485). \| Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. \| Arabic. \| Numerous ownership notes and seals, 15th century through 19th century., Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London), Dec. 1998, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Sample Text	15th-century manuscript of 13th-century Arabic commentary on Euclid's Elements, with numerous diagrams in and marginal annotations around the text and additional commentary on leaves following the text.
Atıf Şekli	UPenn LJS 286.
Atıf Yapılan	Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 37 (LJS 286).
Tür	Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, 15th century., Manuscripts, Renaissance., codices (bound manuscripts), annotations, commentaries, diagrams, Annotations (Provenance), Stamps (Provenance)

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Taḥrīr Uṣūl al-handasah wa-al-ḥisāb. Editing the principles of geometry and arithmetic.

( تحرير اصول الهندسة والحساب)

Author Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274.

Publication Date 1485

Subject Euclid. Elements., Geometry--Early works to 1800., Geometry., Mathematics, Greek.

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 213 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 170 x 87 (114 x 48) mm bound to 180 x 111 mm

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 792739755

Record ID 9948188123503681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Date 1485

Notes Ms. codex., Title from introduction (f. 2v); other title from added note (f. 3r)., Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 213 + i (modern paper); [1-213] ; modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto., Layout: Written in 18 long lines; marginalia., Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed., Decoration: Small geometric diagrams in red ink with black letters or black ink with red letters throughout., Binding: Modern Western red leather rebinding, blind-stamped with gilt-stamped spine; spine title "Tahrir al-Iqlidis, Euclidis elementa geometrica, 1458"., Origin: Copy completed at the end of Rabīʻ al-Awwal A.H. 890 (April 1485). | Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. | Arabic. | Numerous ownership notes and seals, 15th century through 19th century., Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London), Dec. 1998, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Sample Text 15th-century manuscript of 13th-century Arabic commentary on Euclid's Elements, with numerous diagrams in and marginal annotations around the text and additional commentary on leaves following the text.

Atıf Şekli UPenn LJS 286.

Atıf Yapılan Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 37 (LJS 286).

Tür Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, 15th century., Manuscripts, Renaissance., codices (bound manuscripts), annotations, commentaries, diagrams, Annotations (Provenance), Stamps (Provenance)