al-Jabr wa al-muqābalah
Contributors: Mirzā Abū al-Qāsim scribe; Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner; Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published: 1700
Place of publication: India?]
Language: ara
Number of pages: 65
Subjects: Algebra; Early works to 1800; Arabic Manuscripts
Description: A copy of al-Khuwarizmi's famous treatise on algebra. The pagination suggests this copy was written in India. Previously it was believed that the volume contained two titles, but in fact they are both part of the same treatise.
Notes: Manuscript codex.

Title from introduction (f. 1v).

Layout: 17 lines per page with little marginalia.

Script: Written in Naskh in black ink.

Decoration: Numerous geometrical figures in red and black.

Origin: The copy is undated, perhaps produced in India in the 18th century.

Shelfmark: MS Or 40.

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Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.

Arabic.

Formerly owned by David Eugene Smith (bookplate inside front cover).

Green marbled hard cover.

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