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<dl><dd>Digitized as part of the Muslim World Manuscripts Project, 2018-2020, funded by CLIR</dd>
<dd>24 leaves : 180 x 135 (130 x 100) mm, bound to 180 x 140 mm</dd>
<dd>Commentary on Al-Muqniʻ, a poem on algebra by Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn al-Hāʼim</dd>
<dd>Manuscript codex</dd>
<dd>Title from introduction (f. 1v)</dd>
<dd>Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left</dd>
<dd>Layout: 21 long lines</dd>
<dd>Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, unvocalized</dd>
<dd>Decoration: Rubrications in red, including source-text</dd>
<dd>Origin: Item is dated 19 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 876 AH (f. 29v)</dd>
<dd>Shelfmark: MS Or 147</dd>
<dd>Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934</dd>
<dd>Formerly owned by David Eugene Smith (bookplate inside front cover)</dd>
<dd>Full covers of marbled paper over pasteboard with flap. Embossed leather medallion onlays on both covers, though mostly removed from front cover. Plain brown paper doublure</dd>
<dd>Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description</dd>
<dd>&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13893206">http://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13893206</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;go to CLIO&lt;/a&gt;</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Ibn al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -1412. Muqniʻ fī ʻilm al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah; Muqniʻ fī ʻilm al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah (Ibn al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad); Mathematics, Arab -- Early works to 1800; Manuscripts, Arabic; Mathematics, Arab</div>
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Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1423-</div>
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