Details

Subject(s)

• Geometry—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Inheritance and succession (Islamic law)—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Translator

• Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 [Browse]

Related name

• طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد، 1201-1274 [Browse]
• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 270L [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Headbands [Browse]
• Autographs [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• diagrams [Browse]

Contains

• Euclid. Elements. Arabic. [Browse]
• Ushnuhī, ʻAbd-al-ʻAzīz ibn ʻAlī, -1155. Kifāyah fī al-farāʼiḍ. [Browse]
• اشنهي، عبدالعزيز بن علي، -1155. كفاية في الفرائض. [Browse]

Summary note

A fragment from Euclid's Elements with two fragmentary works on inheritance.

Notes

• Ms. composite codex.
• Title from upper pastedown.
• Marginal notes. Label on upper cover: "L. No. 113".
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 82 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 15-17 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; MS in good condition, some wear on last few folios.
• Incipit: [Fragment of Euclid] ... وانت عرفت ما فيه الثانى اذا اتصل خطان مستقيمان على نقطة ... [كفاية الفرائض] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه ثقتي قال ابو الفضل عبد العزيز بن علي بن عبد العزيز اسعده الله الحمد لله رب العالمين ... وبعد فاني خرحت بعون الله مختصرا في علم الفرايض ... -- [Fragmentary work] ... او ولد ابن او عدد من الاخوة جده و عم ...
• Colophon: [Fragment of Euclid] هو مربع ج د والله اعلم بال... -- [كفاية الفرائض] تم الكتاب بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم م -- [Fragmentary work] مسئله ترك ابنة ... عشره ...

Binding note

Later type III (without flap) binding in red leather. Multi-colored endbands.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1a-10b: [Fragment of Euclidʼs geometry]. Contains diagrams. Incomplete at beginning and end.
• 2. fol. 11b-37a: [al-Kifāyah fī al-farāʼiḍ] / Abū al-Faḍl ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ʻAlī ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz. A work on the law of inheritance.
• 3. fol. 38a-82b: [Fragmentary work on the law of inheritance]. Incomplete at beginning and end.

Provenance

Obscured ownership signature (fol. 11a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1904.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 2109.
• Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV, p. 397.
• Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 4689.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

Fragmentary work on the law of inheritance

OCLC

1340422822

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