al-Bayān wa al-tidhkār fī ṣinʻat ʻamal al-ghubār

البيان و التذكار في صنعة عمل الغبار

On calculation with integers and fractions; a copy of a work composed in the Maghrib; some marginal notations

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abū Bakr al-Ḥaṣṣār, active 12th century
Corporate Author: Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Other Authors: Baghdādī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Mujill (Scribe)
Format: Manuscript Book
Language:Arabic
Subjects:
Description
Summary:On calculation with integers and fractions; a copy of a work composed in the Maghrib; some marginal notations
Item Description:Binding: Early calf over paper boards, blind-stamped with central four-lobed medallion and rolled double frame with text in the outer frame
Collation: Paper, i + 86 + i; 1⁸ 2¹² 3⁸ 4¹² 5⁸ 6¹² 7⁸ 8¹² 9⁶. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso
Layout: Written in 15 long lines
Ms. codex
Origin: Copied by Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Mujill al-Baghdādī at al-Madrasah al-Niẓāmīyah in Baghdad, completed A.H. Safar 590 (Jan.-Feb. 1194, f. 86r)
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; partially pointed
Title from title page and introduction (f. 1r, 1v)
Physical Description:86 leaves : wove paper ; 232 x 165 (164 x 114) mm bound to 234 x 175 mm