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<dd>48 foliated leaves : 195 x 115 (145 x 70) mm, bound to 205 x 130 mm</dd>
<dd>Qāḍīʹzādah's commentary on Samarqandī's Ashkāl al-taʼsīs, an explication of Euclid's 35 geometrical propositions. Source-text is written in red with commentary in black; numerous diagrams</dd>
<dd>Manuscript codex</dd>
<dd>Title supplied by the cataloger</dd>
<dd>Layout: 17 long lines with marginalia</dd>
<dd>Foliation: In Eastern Hindu-Arabic numerals, upper middle recto. Catchwords on versos, lower left</dd>
<dd>Script: Written in nastaʻliq; pointed, mostly unvocalized</dd>
<dd>Decoration: Headings and source-text material in red, overlines in red; geometrical figures in red and black in the text and in the margins; overlines in black</dd>
<dd>Origin: [circa 1100 AH?] (from note in pencil without specific reference to internal evidence on front flyleaf 2v)</dd>
<dd>Shelfmark: MS Or 43</dd>
<dd>Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934</dd>
<dd>Red half leather binding with marbled paper sides. Sewn on recessed supports with hollow spine. Gold fillet lines and titling on spine</dd>
<dd>Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description</dd>
<dd>Digitized as part of the Muslim World Manuscripts Project, 2018-2020, funded by CLIR</dd>
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Qāḍīʹzādah, Mūsá ibn Muḥammad, -approximately 1436</div>
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