Details

Other Title:

Taḥrīr Uqlīdīs
تحرير اقليديس

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Arabic.
Manuscripts, 15th century.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Annotations.
Commentaries.
Diagrams.
Annotations (Provenance)
Stamps (Provenance)
Codices.

Language:

Arabic.

Summary:

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.

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).

Local notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Penn Provenance:

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.

Cited in:

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

Cited as:

UPenn LJS 286.

Contributor:

Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

OCLC:

792739755

Web link:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page