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Manuscript/Mixed Material Jāmiʻ al-qawāʻid fī al-misāḥah جامع القواعد في المساحة / Binder's title: Fann al-thālith min kitāb jāmiʻ al-qawāʻid fī ʻilm al-misāhah

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Title

  • Jāmiʻ al-qawāʻid fī al-misāḥah

Other Title

  • جامع القواعد في المساحة
  • Binder's title: Fann al-thālith min kitāb jāmiʻ al-qawāʻid fī ʻilm al-misāhah

Summary

  • The text deals with the precise measurement of the size and shape of the earth, mapping points on the earth's surface, and the study of the earth's gravitational fields. The manuscript includes only three chapters on the third topic. On the last page is a note written in a different script about measuring with different kinds of cubits.
  • This manuscript, probably dating from the 17th century, preserves only a section of what appears to have been an extensive and complete treatise on practical geometry. The title on the second page of the manuscript in fact states that it is "the third section of the book of the General Rules in the Science of Measurement." The larger work of which this is a part consisted of four introductory essays, five chapters, and a conclusion. The author is unknown, as the opening of the treatise where indications of authorship might have been found is now lost. Also not clear is whether the other sections of the book circulated in separate volumes or as part of the present one, as the numeration of the folios--beginning here with number one--appears to have been added to the text at a later date. The work contains a comprehensive syllabus of Euclidean plane geometry. The four muqaddimāt (introductions) present the reader with names and definitions of geometrical entities. The text deals with the precise measurement of the size and shape of the earth, mapping points on the earth's surface, and the study of the earth's gravitational fields. The manuscript includes only three chapters on the third topic. On the last page is a note written in a different script about measuring with different kinds of cubits. The work possibly had a didactic aim, as suggested by the numerous geometrical drawings that accompany the theoretical explanations. In many cases, these drawings in red ink are provided with captions that clarify the specific terminology applicable to the figure along with exemplifying measurements. World Digital Library.

Names

  • ʻAyyād, Muḥammad, active 17th century?, scribe
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [16--?]

Headings

  • -  Geodesy--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Binding: modern cardboard covered with cloth; leather spine.
  • -  Fol. 1a-18b.
  • -  Illustrations and figures.
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-749.
  • -  Ms.
  • -  Naskhī script; 19 lines in written area, 15 x 9 cm.
  • -  On leaves 4a, 10b, and 14a are notes comparing this manuscript with the original [?].
  • -  Paper: yellowed cream, with watermarks (tre lune; initials FC), in good condition. Text in black ink with rubricated titles; title page in blue ink in a later hand. Some marginal notes in various hands. Catchwords on rectos. Modern numbering incorrect (skips a leaf between 15 and 16).
  • -  Transcribed by Muḥammad ʻAyyād.
  • -  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 محمد و على أله و صحبه و سلم الفن الثالث من كتاب جامع القواعد في علم المساحة وهو يشتمل على أربع مقدمات وخمسة أبواب وخاتمة. المقدمة الأولى في بيان حد هذا الفن وأسماء الأشياء والألات المستعملة فيه حسب اصطلاحهم.

Medium

  • 18 leaves (19 lines), bound: paper ; 23 x 16 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QB281 .J36 1600z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2008427054

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

ʻAyyād, Muḥammad, Active 17Th Century?, Scribe, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Jāmiʻ Al-Qawāʻid Fī Al-Misāḥah. [16--?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008427054/.

APA citation style:

ʻAyyād, M., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Jāmiʻ Al-Qawāʻid Fī Al-Misāḥah. [16--?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2008427054/.

MLA citation style:

ʻAyyād, Muḥammad, Active 17Th Century?, Scribe, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Jāmiʻ Al-Qawāʻid Fī Al-Misāḥah. [16--?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2008427054/>.