Details

Subject(s)

• Mathematics, Arab—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Former owner

Schoenberg, Lawrence J. [Browse]

Biographical/​Historical note

Mathematician, astronomer, and qāḍī (judge responsible for the application of Islamic law, including the sharing of inheritance) who worked in Iṣfahān.

Summary note

Mathematical treatise with frequent marginal notes by multiple hands. Some of the marginal notes are textual variants or corrections, sometimes in red and corresponding to red overlining in the text. Later added table of contents (f. i verso-iii recto). Ribbon or thread tied in the outer margin as a marker (f. 118).

Notes

• Binding: Morocco spine and cover edges, rebacked; panel of parchment and a single gilt stamp on the upper cover with blind-tooled frame; panel now lacking on lower cover; writing on tail-edge.
• Decoration: Occasional small diagrams (for example, f. 97r-99r, 103r-109r, 113r-114v, 136v-142r); overlining and some marginal notes in red.
• Foliation: Paper, i (modern) + 170; [i-iv, 1], 2-7, 9-23, 23-63, 63-99, [i], 100-132, 132-137, 137-145, 145-160, 160-162; later foliation in ink, upper left recto.
• Layout: Written in 29-33 long lines.
• Ms. codex.
• Origin: Possibly written in Iṣfahān, Iran; completed in A.H. Shaʻbān 720 (September 1320, f. 162r).
• Script: Written in rapid naskh by the author (f. 162r).
• Title from introduction (f. 2v).

Location of originals

• Original Columbia, Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
• OPenn University of Pennsylvania Libraries.

Language note

Arabic.

Provenance

• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013.
• Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
• Multiple ownership inscriptions (inside upper cover, front flyleaf, f. i recto, 1r); ownership stamps (f. 1r-2r).
• Sold at auction at Christie's, 19 April 1999, lot 333, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.

Cite as

UPenn LJS 296.

OCLC

857671133

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