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1 copy of Uṣūl al-handasah by Euclid
Title: Uṣūl al-handasah
Title: اصول الهندسة
The Elements in the version of Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي منه الابتداء واليه الانتهاء وعنده حقايق الانباء وبيده ملكوت الاشياء ... وبعد فلما فرغت عن تحرير المجسطي رايت ان احرر كتاب اصول ... النهندسة والحساب المنسوب الى اوقليدس الصوري
Colophon: قد وقع الفراغ فی خمسه عشر من شهر ذی الججه فی بلدة لكهنوء سنه 1199
Language(s): Arabic
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 147 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 22.5 × 19.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17.5 × 12 cm.
Layout
Hand(s)
Excellent nasta'liq hand
History
Origin: 1199 AH; 1785 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Former owner John Lee
Record Sources
"Manuscript description based on Adam Gacek : Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1981".
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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