Three texts on mathematics
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Three texts on mathematics
- Date:
- 1700/1799
- Description:
- Contents:(1) Anonymous treatise on multiplication (ff. 1r-2v);(2) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(خلاصة الحساب; preface only, f. 4r);(3) Luṭf Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Muhandis al-Lahūrī (لطف الله بن أحمد المهندس اللهوري), Sharḥ Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(شرح خلاصة الحساب; ff. 4v-69r).Codex; ff. v+69+iiMaterial: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 195 x 125 mm leaf [160 x 95 mm written (ff. 1r-2v), 100 x 57 mm written (ff. 4r-69r)]Foliation: India Office Library foliation in pencilRuling: no ruling visibile, 23 lines per page, vertical spacing 15 lines per 10 cm (ff. 1r-2v); Misṭarah, 13 lines per page, vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cm, (ff. 4r-69r)Script: NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings, figures and diagrams in redDecoration: NoneBinding: Half-leather India Office binding; boards covered with marbled paperCondition: Minor insect damage worse towards front of volume, spine missing, dark tidemark in gutter margin towards back of volumeMarginalia: ManySeals: ff. 4r and 69v
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type:
- Manuscript
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Mathematics -- Early works to 1800
- Extent:
- Codex; ff. v+69+ii
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100045686268.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100045686268.0x000001_en
IO Islamic 1362 - Is part of:
- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts