Ḍawʼ al-lumaʻ fī al-ḥisāb
ضوء اللمع في الحساب
Text is a poem on arithmetic dedicated to Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Bahwashī al-Shāfiʻī, as mentioned at the end of the manuscript. This work is a versified treatise on…
Contributor:
Ḥamīdī, ʻabd Al-Raḥmān Ibn Aḥmad Ibn ʻalī - Ibn Al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad - Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress) - Bahwāshī, Shihāb Al-Dīn Aḥmad Ibn Shams Al-Dīn Muḥammad - Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām
Fang shi mo pu : liu juan
方氏墨譜 : 六卷 /
Compiled by Fang Yulu; prefaces state that the work was initiated by Yuan Fuzheng, handwritten by Wang Daoguan, supported by Wang Daohui, printed by Wang Daokun. Following prefaces written by various experts,…
Contributor:
Wang, Daokun - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - LI, Weizhen - Fang, Yu - Fang, Yulu - Zheng, Xiangwei - Mo, Shilong
Date:1588
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