Taḥṣīl al-munā fī sharḥ Talkhīṣ Ibn al-Bannāʼ. = تحصيل المنا في شرح تلخيص ابن البناء.
- Format/Description:
- Manuscript
96 leaves : paper, tables ; 210 x 140 (177 x 115) mm bound to 212 x 155 mm - Production:
- [Granada], A.H. 849 (1445)
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
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- Subjects:
- 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. - Form/Genre:
- Codices.
Commentaries.
Tables (documents)
Manuscripts, Arabic.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Early works. - Language:
- Arabic.
- Biography/History:
- Teacher and author in mathematics and inheritance law.
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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). - Penn Provenance:
- 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. - Cited in:
- Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 38 (LJS 464).
- Publications about:
- Oaks, Jeffrey A. "Algebraic symbolism in medieval Arabic algebra." Philosophica 87 (2012), pp. 27-83.
- Cited as:
- UPenn LJS 464.
- Contributor:
- Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Ḥusn, scribe.
Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
ابراهيم ابن الحسن، scribe.
ابن البناء، احمد بن محمد، 1256؟-1321؟
ابن البناء، احمد بن محمد، 1256؟-1321؟ - Contains:
- 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. - OCLC:
- 1002883391
- Web link:
- The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page