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Manuscript/Mixed Material Hādhā Sharḥ mukhtaṣar al-Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah هذا شرح مختصر التفاحة في علم المساحة / Title in colophon: Sharḥ muntakhab al-Tuffāḥah / Majmuʻ fīhi al-Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah wa-ghayrihā / Majmuʻ bi-hi al-Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah wa-ghayrihā

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Title

  • Hādhā Sharḥ mukhtaṣar al-Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah

Other Title

  • هذا شرح مختصر التفاحة في علم المساحة
  • Title in colophon: Sharḥ muntakhab al-Tuffāḥah
  • Majmuʻ fīhi al-Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah wa-ghayrihā
  • Majmuʻ bi-hi al-Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah wa-ghayrihā

Summary

  • Text is a commentary on al-Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah by al-Ashʻarī.
  • This manuscript is a commentary on the treatise Al-Tuffāḥa fi 'ilm al-Misāḥa (The apple in the science of measurement), which was written at the beginning of the 12th century by the mathematician Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ašh'ari. The study of measures and measurement techniques ('ilm al-misāha) was of great interest to Arabic mathematicians during the Middle Ages, both from theoretical and practical points of view. The ability to calculate the dimensions of landholdings was extremely important when it came to determining the correct amounts for inheritances and to calculating taxes. This work deals mainly with the definition of solid and plane figures and the description of rules for the calculation of lengths, areas, and volumes in elementary plane and solid geometry. The author of the commentary, 'Abd al-Laṭīf ibn Aḥmad al-Dimašhqī, arranges his explanation according to a classical template common to many similar geometrical treatises. The rubricated headings and the quotations from al-Ašh'arī's work lead the reader from a general introduction to geometry to more detailed explanations of how to calculate areas of simple and complex figures. Drawings in the margins of the manuscript, which was made in 1887, are used to explain the problems presented in the main text. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Dimashqī, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Aḥmad
  • Ashʻarī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, active 11th century-12th century
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 18 (?) Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1304 H [13 January 1887].

Headings

  • -  Ashʻarī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad,--active 11th century-12th century.--Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah
  • -  Geodesy--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Binding: modern cardboard, covered in cloth; leather spine.
  • -  Colphon (fol. 22b) says that the author wrote the text on 15 (?) Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1153 [10 June 1740].
  • -  Fol. 1a-22b.
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-747.
  • -  Maghribi script; 20 lines in written area, 19 x 10 cm.
  • -  Ms.
  • -  Paper: yellowed cream, with watermarks; edges of first 5 leaves torn, first and last leaves repaired. Text of al-Tuffāḥah written in pink, with the commentary in black, framed in a double pink line. Diagrams and notes in the margins. Catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Title from caption, fol. 1b.
  • -  Written in North Africa.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم و صلى الله على سيدنا و نبينا و مولانا محمد و أله و صحبه و سلم هذا شرح مختصر التفاحة في علم المساحة رحم الله مؤلفها حمدا لمن علم الأشياء كيفا وكما، وصورها في أشكال عديدة جما، وصلاة وسلاما على الماحى لرسول داعى الضلال وعلى صحبه وحزبه والأل، وبعد فقد سألني ... من لا يسعني مراجعة كلامه أن أحل ألفاظ نخبة التفاحة التى نظمها فى المساحة فأجبته لحل ألفاظها مصورا لأمثالها وأشكالها، ومن الله أطلب الاستمداد والإعانة في المبدأ والمعاد ....

Medium

  • 22 leaves (20 lines), bound : paper ; 25 x 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QB281 .D49 1887

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2008401030

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Dimashqī, ʻAbd Al-Laṭīf Ibn Aḥmad, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad AshʻArī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Hādhā Sharḥ mukhtaṣar al-Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah. [18 ? Rabīʻ al-Thānī H 13 January 1887, 1887] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008401030/.

APA citation style:

Dimashqī, ʻ. A. I. A., AshʻArī, A. I. M., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1887) Hādhā Sharḥ mukhtaṣar al-Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah. [18 ? Rabīʻ al-Thānī H 13 January 1887] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2008401030/.

MLA citation style:

Dimashqī, ʻAbd Al-Laṭīf Ibn Aḥmad, et al. Hādhā Sharḥ mukhtaṣar al-Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah. [18 ? Rabīʻ al-Thānī H 13 January 1887, 1887] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2008401030/>.