R.13.39 (Wren Library, Trinity College Cambridge)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Taḥrīr al-uṣūl li-Uqlīdis by Euclid
Title: كتاب تحرير الأصول لاقليدس
An Arabic translation of Euclid’s Geometry.
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي منه الابتداء وإليه الانتهاء وعنده حقائق الأبناء وبيده ملكوت الأشياء وصلوة إلخ
Explicit: وقفني الله تعالى من تحرير هذا الكتاب حسب ما قصدته فلأختم الكلام بحمده أنه خير موفق ومعين
Language(s): Arabic
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Thick paper
Extent: 167 ff.
Condition
In a good state of preservation
Hand(s)
Arabic Naskh
History
Origin: 1558
Record Sources
"Manuscript description based on "E. G. Browne: A supplementary hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1922", and "E.H. Palmer A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, London 1870".
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Trinity College Cambridge
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