[Revision of the Elements]

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Annotation A few leaves of this manuscript are missing, including the front leaf. At end damage by worms. The text is written in a small but legible naskh, in black ink, with almost no diacritical marks. The figures and the proposition numbers in the margin are drawn in red ink. Scribe is Ibrāhīm ibn Ya'qūb ibn Maymūn. Cite as: Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht Hs. 1440 (Hs. 1 G 23) Christian Raue; Gift; approximately 1643-1644 Obtained by Christianus Ravius (Christian Raue), probably in Istanbul approximately 1640. Donated to the University Library Utrecht, approximately 1643-1644. Pasteboard binding covered with cloth. P.A. Tiele, Catalogus codicum manu scriptorum Bibliothecae Universitatis Rheno-Trajectinae. I. Trajecti ad Rhenum / Hagae Comitis 1887. P. 340 (= Euclides, Elementa, Arabice) J.P. Hogendijk, An Arabic version of a hitherto unknown Greek text on regular polyhedra. Utrecht 1983. (= Preprint / Department of Mathematics, Utrecht University 293). J.P. Hogendijk, 'An arabic text on the comparison of the five regular polyhedra: "book XV" of the Revision of the elements by Muhyi al-din al-maghribi', in: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften 8 (1994), p. 133-233 p. 135, passim ('T') Y.T. Langermann & J.P. Hogendijk, 'A hitherto unknown Hellenistic treatise on the regular polyhedra', in: Historia mathematica 11 (1984), p. 325-326. P. Voorhoeve, Handlist of Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the University of Leiden and other collections in the Netherlands. Leiden 1957. (= Codices manuscripti Bibliothecae Universitatis Leidensis 7). p. 392. Translate
Year 9 Dhu al-Hijja 685 [January 25, 1287] Translate
Comment Dit boek wordt van rechts naar links gelezen. Translate
Comment This book is read from right to left. Translate
Imprint [Place of production not identified] Translate
Size 75 x 165 (54 x 140) mm Translate
Location Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht Translate
Call number Hs 1 G 23 Translate
Title [Revision of the Elements] Translate
Type Manuscript Translate

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