Kitāb Arshimīdas fī al-binkāmāt كتاب أرشميدس في البنكامات Archimedes أرشميدس and Ṣan‘at al-zāmir صنعة الزامر Apollonius the carpenter and geometer أبلنيوس النجار الهندسي
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The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+25+ii. It was created in 16th century. It was written in Arabic, Farsi and Persian. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Two technical treatises on the design and construction of hydraulic machines.
Contents:
- 1) Archimedes (أرشميدس), Kitāb Arshimīdas fī al-binkāmāt (كتاب أرشميدس في البنكامات; ff. 2r-21r);
- 2) Apollonius the carpenter and geometer (أبلنيوس النجار الهندسي), Ṣan‘at al-zāmir (صنعة الزامر; ff. 21r-25v).
- Extent and format
- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+25+ii
- It is grouped into
- 39 imagesRef: Add MS 23391, ff 2r-21r10 imagesRef: Add MS 23391, ff 21r-25v
- Physical characteristics
Material: Paper
Dimensions: 193 x 136 mm leaf [121 x 56 mm written]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil
Ruling: Misṭarah ; 18 lines per page; vertical spacing 15 lines per 10 cm
Script: Naskh
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated titles and diagrams in red and black
Decoration: Diagrams on ff. 2r, 11r, 12v and 14v beautifully painted
Binding: British Museum binding
Condition: Waterstains, wormholes, foxing, grime, etc
Marginalia: 1 marginal correction (f. 8v) by main scribe
Seals: f. 2r
- Written in
- Arabic, Farsi and Persian in Arabic script
- Type
- Manuscript
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- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- Add MS 23391
- Date(s)
- 16th century (CE, Gregorian)
- Provenance
Ottoman period seal (f. 2r)
- Immediate source of acquisition
Purchased from Mrs Taylor, April 1860
- Finding aids
Cureton, William, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens (London: The British Museum 1846-71), Item 1336, p. 619
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Kitāb Arshimīdas fī al-binkāmāt كتاب أرشميدس في البنكامات Archimedes أرشميدس and Ṣan‘at al-zāmir صنعة الزامر Apollonius the carpenter and geometer أبلنيوس النجار الهندسي, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Add MS 23391, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/node/242> [accessed 10 December 2024]
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- Title
- Kitāb Arshimīdas fī al-binkāmāt كتاب أرشميدس في البنكامات Archimedes أرشميدس and Ṣan‘at al-zāmir صنعة الزامر Apollonius the carpenter and geometer أبلنيوس النجار الهندسي
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, ii-r:iii-v, back-i
- Author
- Please see item description
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- Add MS 23391, ff 2r-21r
- Title
- Kitāb Arshimīdas fī al-binkāmāt كتاب أرشميدس في البنكامات Archimedes أرشميدس
- Pages
- 2r:21r
- Author
- Please see item description
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- Add MS 23391, ff 21r-25v
- Title
- Ṣan‘at al-zāmir صنعة الزامر Apollonius the carpenter and geometer أبلنيوس النجار الهندسي
- Pages
- 21r:25v
- Author
- Please see item description
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- Public Domain