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4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Mathematics and Algebra — Multiple dates

MS. Huntington 214

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For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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Title

4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Mathematics and Algebra — Multiple dates

Shelfmark

MS. Huntington 214

Date

14th cent.?

1342

Language

Arabic

Contents

1. ff. 1v-34r Author: Khuwārizmī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsá, fl. 813-846 Title: Mukhtaṣar min ḥisāb al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah*
2. ff. 34r-52v Author: Muztaḥfī, Jamāl al-Dīn Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻUmar, al-Ḥarrāʻī* Title: Muqaddimah fī al-ḥisāb
3. ff. 53r-75r Author: Anonymous Title: Kitāb al-Murāsalah fī al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah
4. ff. 76v-86v Author: Faraḍī, Abū ʻAbd Allāh Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad, al-Shaqqāq d. 1083 Title: al-Muqaddimah al-kāfiyah fī uṣūl al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah

Form

codex

Physical extent

34 ff. 19 ff. 23 ff. 11 ff.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1693.

Provenance

The collections of Robert Huntington, d. 1701.

Subject

Mathematics

Algebra--Early works to 1800

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  • Muztaḥfī, Jamāl al-Dīn Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻUmar, al-Ḥarrāʻī

  • Khuwārizmī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsá, fl. 813-846

  • Faraḍī, Abū ʻAbd Allāh Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad, al-Shaqqāq, d. 1083

  • Huntington, Robert, d. 1701

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