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Manuscript/Mixed Material Mukhtaṣar Talkhīṣ Ibn al-Bannāʼ fī al-ḥisāb wa-Madkhal Abī al-Ḥasan Kūshyār fī aḥkām al-nujūm مختصر تلخيص ابن البنا في الحساب ومدخل ابي الحسن كوشيار في احكام النجوم / Caption on fol. 6b: Kitāb Madkhal Kushayr fī uṣūl ṣināʻat aḥkām al-nujūm wa-al-ṭarīq ilá al-taṣrīf bi-hā wa-Allāh aʻlam bi-al-ṣawāb

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Title

  • Mukhtaṣar Talkhīṣ Ibn al-Bannāʼ fī al-ḥisāb wa-Madkhal Abī al-Ḥasan Kūshyār fī aḥkām al-nujūm

Other Title

  • مختصر تلخيص ابن البنا في الحساب ومدخل ابي الحسن كوشيار في احكام النجوم
  • Caption on fol. 6b: Kitāb Madkhal Kushayr fī uṣūl ṣināʻat aḥkām al-nujūm wa-al-ṭarīq ilá al-taṣrīf bi-hā wa-Allāh aʻlam bi-al-ṣawāb

Summary

  • Manuscript of 2 separate works; one on mathematics and one on astronomy.

Names

  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Ibn al-Bannāʼ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1256?-1321?
  • Kūshyār, -approximately 961,
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1141 [1728 or 1729]

Headings

  • -  Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800
  • -  Arithmetic--Early works to 1800
  • -  Islamic astronomy--Early works to 1800
  • -  Islamic astrology--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Cover title.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Date from fol. 6b.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; medium cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and watermark of a cluster of grapes below a cartouche with the initials P [?] [?] all below a crown; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Fol. 1a-6a, 6b-56b; 57ab notes in a different hand.
  • -  "81. IX [677] = 5.623."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-623.
  • -  Binding; black quarter leather with black grain sides; former owner's name in lower right corner of cover.

Medium

  • 57 leaves (25 lines), paper : bound ; 22.5 x 16.7 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QA32 .I1152 1728

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496559

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām, Former Owner, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Al-Bannāʼ, -Approximately 961 Kūshyār, and Mansuri Collection. Mukhtaṣar Talkhīṣ Ibn al-Bannāʼ fī al-ḥisāb wa-Madkhal Abī al-Ḥasan Kūshyār fī aḥkām al-nujūm. [1728 or 1729, 1141] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496559/.

APA citation style:

Manṣūrī, M. A., Ibn Al-Bannāʼ, A. I. M., Kūshyār, -. 9. & Mansuri Collection. (1141) Mukhtaṣar Talkhīṣ Ibn al-Bannāʼ fī al-ḥisāb wa-Madkhal Abī al-Ḥasan Kūshyār fī aḥkām al-nujūm. [1728 or 1729] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496559/.

MLA citation style:

Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām, Former Owner, et al. Mukhtaṣar Talkhīṣ Ibn al-Bannāʼ fī al-ḥisāb wa-Madkhal Abī al-Ḥasan Kūshyār fī aḥkām al-nujūm. [1728 or 1729, 1141] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496559/>.