An anonymous treatise on sales according to Islamic law. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century.
Alternative Title:
Kitāb al-bayʻ, كتاب البيع, and كتاب ثابت في أحكام البيوع : مخطوطة.
Description:
19.5 x 34 cm; written surface: 13 x 25.5 cm; 17-19 lines per page., Binding: In modern dark red imitation leather binding., Colophon: Colophon missing; ends abruptly with: "... fa-in shāʼa bāshara nafsuhu wa-in shāʼa fawwaḍa ilá ghayrih, wa-bi-hi qālat al-thalāthah, wa-la-hu anna al-jawāb thābit mustaḥiqq ʻalá al-khaṣm bi-lisānih ʻaynan li-annahu huwa al-maqdūr la-hu fī al-tawkīl, naqala hādhā al-ḥaqq ilá ghayrih ʻalá wajh lā yuʻribu min al-ḍarar li-ṣāḥib al-ḥaqq wa-huwa ḍarar shiddah ...", In thick and large naskh/taʻlīq script, in black ink on white paper; headings, keywords and markings in red; many marginal notes; catchwords., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Rabbi yassir wa-tammim bi-al-khayr. Hādhā Kitāb thābit fī bayān aḥkām al-buyūʻ wa-fī baʻḍ al-nusakh Kitāb al-bayʻ. Wa-al-aṣl an lā yujmaʻ al-bayʻ wa-lā yuthanná li-annahu maṣdar, fa-taʼawwla al-kathīr wa-al-qalīl, wa-alladhī yajmaʻuhu naẓaran ilá anwāʻ [al-anwāʻ] allatī taḥtahu. Wa-huwa fī al-lughah muṭlaq al-mubādalah, wa-fī al-sharʻ huwa, ay al-bayʻ, mubādalat al-māl bi-al-māl bi-al-tarāḍī, fa-in wujidat al-mubādalah bi-lā tarāḍin lā yakūnu bayʻan sharʻīyan ...", On folio 1a invocations and prayer in a different hand., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Secundo folio: bi-al-ibdāl baʻda al-ījāb., Text folios 2b-95b., Title from folio 2b., البداية: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. رب يسر وتمم بالخير. هذا كتاب ثابت في بيان أحكام البيوع وفي بعض النسخ كتاب البيع. والأصل أن لا يجمع البيع ولا يثنّى لأنه مصدر، فتأول الكثير والقليل، والذي يجمعه نظرًا إلى أنواع [الأنواع] التي تحته. وهو في اللغة مطلق المبادلة، وفي الشرع هو، أي البيع، مبادلة المال بالمال بالتراضي، فإن وجدت المبادلة بلا تراضٍ لا يكون بيعًا شرعيًا ...", الخاتمة: الخاتمة مفقودة؛ ينتهي النص فجأةً بـِ: "... فإن شاء باشر نفسه وإن شاء فوّض إلى غيره، وبه قالت الثلاثة، وله أن الجواب ثابت مستحق على الخصم بلسانه عينًا لأنه هو المقدور له في التوكيل، نقل هذا الحق إلى غيره على وجه لا يعرب من الضرر لصاحب الحق وهو ضرر شدة ...", and بداية الورقة الثانية: بالإبدال بعد الإيجاب.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic manuscripts. and Sales (Islamic law)--Early works to 1800.
Illuminated, especially leaves 1 verso-2 verso., Purchased from McBlain Books in 1986 on the Edwin J. Beinecke fund., Some pages stuck together., and Some repairs done poorly, resulting in loss of text.
Shurunbulālī, Ḥasan ibn ʻAmmār, 1585 or 1586-1659. شرنبلالي، حسن بن عمار، 1585 أو 1586-1659.
Published / Created:
1703 or 1704.
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 572
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
A treatise on Islamic law, according to the Ḥanafī school, by Ḥasan ibn ʻAmmār al-Shurunbulālī (1585 or 1586-1659), a prolific Egyptian Ḥanafī Islamic law scholar, a graduate of al-Azʹhar, being a commentary on his own work "Nūr al-īḍāḥ". Copied on a Wednesday in the year 1114 Hijrī [1703 or 1704] by Ḥasan Ḥubayshī al-Ḥanafī ibn al-Ḥājj Hilālī al-shahīr bi-Ibn al-Ḥijāzī, in Dimyāṭ (Damietta, Egypt).
Alternative Title:
Hādhā Sharḥ Nūr al-īḍāḥ wa-najāt al-arwāḥ, Sharḥ Nūr al-īḍāḥ wa-najāt al-arwāḥ, شرح نور الإيضاح ونجاة الأرواح, مراقي الفلاح بإمداد الفتاح شرح نور الإيضاح ونجاة الأرواح : مخطوطة / حسن بن عمار الشرنبلالي., and هذا شرح نور الإيضاح ونجاة الأرواح
Description:
15.5 x 20.5 cm; written surface: 9 x 14.5 cm; 19 lines per page., Binding: In modern black leather binding with flap., Colophon: "Katabahu li-nafsihi al-ʻabd al-faqīr wa-al-mudhnib al-ḥaqīr al-muqirr bi-al-taqṣīr al-rājī ʻafwa rabbihi al-qadīr Ḥasan Ḥubayshī al-Ḥanafī ʻāmalahu Allāh taʻālá bi-luṭfihi al-khafī wa-ajrāhu Allāh ʻalá ʻawāyid birrihi al-khafī ibn al-marḥūm al-Ḥājj Hilālī al-shahīr bi-Ibn al-Ḥijāzī bi-Dimyāṭ, ghafara Allāh la-hu wa-li-wālidayh wa-li-wālid wālidayh wa-li-man qaraʼa fīhi wa-li-man samiʻahu wa-li-man ṣaḥḥaḥa fīhi laḥnahu wa-li-man daʻā la-hu bi-al-raḥmah wa-al-riḍwān. Wa-kāna al-farāgh min hādhā al-kitāb fī yawm al-Aḥad al-mubārak alladhī huwa min shuhūr sanat alf wa-miʼah wa-arbaʻat ʻashar. Wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallam. Wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn. Wa-qad tamma bi-khayr.", In clear naskh script, in black ink on glossy white paper; with keywords and markings in red; many wormholes, mainly on the margins, with some loss of text; catchwords., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm wa-bi-hi nastaʻīn. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī sharrafa khulāṣat ʻibādihi bi-wirāthat ṣafwatih khayra ʻibādih wa-amaddahum bi-al-ʻināyah fa-aḥsanū li-dhātihi al-ʻibādah wa-ḥafiẓū sharīʻatahu wa-ballaghūhā ʻibādah ... Wa-baʻd fa-yaqūlu al-ʻabd al-dhalīl al-rājī ʻafwa rabbihi al-jalīl Ḥasan ibn ʻAmmār ibn ʻAlī al-Shurunbulānī al-Ḥanafī ... Inna hādhā kitāb ṣaghīr ḥajmuhu ghazīr ʻilmuhu ... wa-sammaytuhu Marāqī al-falāḥ bi-imdād al-Fattāḥ sharḥ Nūr al-īḍāḥ wa-najāt al-arwāḥ.", On folio 1a, a note by one of the readers of the manuscript: "Ṭālaʻ ʻAbd al-Wahhāb Ṣūfī fī hādhā al-kitāb sanat 1263 [1846/1847], fataḥa Allāh ʻalayhi. Āmīn.", On folio 1a: "Hādhā Sharḥ Nūr al-īḍāḥ wa-najāt al-arwāḥ lil-Shaykh al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah wa-al-baḥr al-fahhāmah shaykh mashāyikh al-Islām Sayyidī Ḥasan al-Shurunbulānī al-Ḥanafī taghammadahu Allāh bi-al-raḥmah wa-al-ruḍwān. Āmīn.", Romanization supplied by cataloger., Secundo folio: wa-al-ṭahārah bi-fatḥ al-Ṭāʼ., The last three leaves are blank., The manuscript contains 22 numbered quires each of which contains 10 leaves, except quires 1, 8, 9, 21 and 22 which contain 8 leaves each, but the text is complete with nothing missing., Title from folio 1b., Translation of the colophon: "Copied by the poor servant, for himself, he who admits his sin and deficiency and hopes for the forgiveness of his Almighty God, Ḥasan Ḥubayshī al-Ḥanafī the son of the departed al-Ḥājj Hilālī al-shahīr bi-Ibn al-Ḥijāzī, in Dimyāṭ [Damietta, Egypt], may God treat him according to His hidden kindness and lead him unto the paths of His hidden righteousness. May God forgive him, his parents and the father of his parents and those who read this book, those who listen to it, those who correct its mistakes, and those who invoke God to grant him [the copyist] mercy and acceptance. The copying of this book was completed on blessed Sunday [name of the month not mentioned] of the year 1114 [1703 or 1704]. May God pray on our Master Muḥammad, his family and his companions and grant them peace. Praise be to God the Lord of the Universe. It is finished with success.", البداية: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين. الحمد لله الذي شرّف خلاصة عباده بوراثة صفوته خير عباده وأمدهم بالعناية فأحسنوا لذاته العبادة وحفظوا شريعته وبلغوها عباده ... وبعد فيقول العبد الذليل الراجي عفو ربه الجليل حسن بن عمار بن علي الشرنبلاني الحنفي ... إن هذا كتاب صغير حجمه غزير علمه ... وسميته مراقي الفلاح بإمداد الفتاح شرح نور الايضاح ونجاة الأرواح.", الخاتمة: "كتبه لنفسه العبد الفقير والمذنب الحقير المقر بالتقصير الراجي عفو ربه القدير حسن حبيشي الحنفي عامله الله تعالى بلطفه الخفي وأجراه الله على عوايد بره الخفي ابن المرحوم الحاج هلالي الشهير بابن الحجازي بدمياط، غفر الله له ولوالديه ولوالد والديه ولمن قرأ فيه ولمن سمعه ولمن صحح فيه لحنه ولمن دعا له بالرحمة والرضوان. وكان الفراغ من هذا الكتاب في يوم الأحد المبارك الذي هو من شهور سنة ألف ومائة وأربعة عشر. وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم. والحمد لله رب العالمين. وقد تم بخير.", بداية الورقة الثانية: والطهارة بفتح الطاء., على وجه الورقة 1: "طالع عبد الوهاب صوفي في هذا الكتاب سنة 1263 [1846/1847]، فتح الله عليه. آمين.", and على وجه الورقة 1: "هذا شرح نور الإيضاح ونجاة الأرواح للشيخ العالم العلامة والبحر الفهامة شيخ مشايخ الإسلام سيدي حسن الشرنبلاني الحنفي تغمده الله بالرحمة والرضوان. آمين."
Subject (Name):
Shurunbulālī, Ḥasan ibn ʻAmmār,--1585 or 1586-1659., Shurunbulālī, Ḥasan ibn ʻAmmār,--1585 or 1586-1659.--Nūr al-īḍāḥ fī al-fiqh ʻalá madhhab al-Imām Abī Ḥanīfah., شرنبلالي، حسن بن عمار،--1585 أو 1586-1659., and شرنبلالي، حسن بن عمار،--1585 أو 1586-1659.--نور الإيضاح في الفقه على مذهب الإمام أبي حنيفة.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic manuscripts., Hanafites--Early works to 1800., and Islamic law--Early works to 1800.
Handbook of geography, based on the Kitāb al-ashkāl of Aḥmad ibn Sahl Balkhī.
Description:
2 p. l., 23, [1] p.; 2 l., facsim.: (126 p., XIX maps), 127-132 p., 1 l., Liber climatum auctore scheicho Abu-Ishako el-Faresi vulgo el-Issthachri. Ad similitudinem codicis Gothani (= Pertsch 1521) accuratissime delineandum et lapidibus exprimendum curavit Dr. J. H. Moeller. Praemissa est dissertatio de Libri climatum indole, auctore et aetate. Gothae, In libraria Beckeriana, 1839., and This copy comprises the facsimile only (1 l., 126 p., and maps). It is not clear whether it is imperfect, or whether it was issued for the Oriental trade, with the Latin matter omitted.
Subject (Name):
Balkhī, Aḥmad ibn Sahl, 849 or 850-934
Subject (Topic):
Arabic language and literature--Geography and travel
Manuscript, on paper, of a mec'mua containing prayers and mystical poems: (1) unidentified Sufi theological text, ff. 1b-20b; (2) Münācāt-ı der tevhīd-i yā Rabbī teālā 'azze ve celle (مناجات در توهيد يارى تعالي عز و جل), ff. 21b-30b; (3) 'İbtidā-i Ġazeliyāt-ı fī ḥarf-i elif (ابتدائي غزليات في حرف الألف), ff. 31a-70a; (4) unidentified poem, ff. 71b-76a
Alternative Title:
Ṭariḳat-ı Bektāşiyye'den Divān-ı Ṣāfī and طريقات بكتاشيهدن ديوان صافي
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish and Arabic., Title assigned by cataloger. Variant title from contemporary manuscript annotation at head of text., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Single column of 15 lines (ff. 1b-20b). Double columns of 15 lines (ff. 21b-76a). Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta'liq., Binding: Modern three-quarter binding in light brown leather with marbled paper over paper pasteboards., Decoration: Rubrication., and Manuscript annotations in a later hand include a prayer (f. 90b) and a petition (f. 91b). Protective charm against bookworms: Yā Kebīkec (يا كبكج) (f. 1b).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Turkish, Sufi poetry, Turkish, and Sufism
Taftāzānī, Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar, 1322-1389. تفتازاني، مسعود بن عمر،, 1322-1389؟.
Published / Created:
1818 or 1819.
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 628
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
A treatise on Arabic rhetoric being a summary of an extensive commentary by Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar al-Taftāzānī (1322-1389?), a famous and prolific Arabic language philologist, rhetorician and logician from Taftāzān (North Khurāsān Province, Iran) who was exiled by Tīmūr, the Mongol ruler to Samarqand where he died and was buried in Sarakhs (Iran) on "Talkhīṣ Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm" of Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Qazwīnī (1267 or 1268-1338) entitled "Sharḥ Talkhīṣ Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm", itself a summary of the third part of "Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm" of Yūsuf ibn Abī Bakr al-Sakkākī (born 1160). According to the colophon the author finished writing his work on a Thursday noon, 22 Ramaḍān [year not mentioned]. Copied by Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn ibn Ḥusayn al-Zawrī [al-Zūrī] in the year 1234 Hijrī (1818 or 1819). Place of copying not mentioned.
Alternative Title:
مختصر شرح تلخيص مفتاح العلوم : مخطوطة / مسعود بن عمر التفتازاني.
Description:
14.5 x 24. cm; written surface: 8 x 16.5 cm; 19 lines per page., Binding: Islamic binding with four central medallion embossed on both covers., Colophon: "Faraghtu min taswīd hādhā al-mukhtaṣar bi-ʻawn Allāh al-Malik al-Akbar waqta al-ẓuhr yawm al-Khamīs min al-thānī wa-al-ʻishrīn shahr Ramaḍān al-mubārak wa-razaqanā fī ṣawmihi wa-ṣalātihi al-khushūʻ wa-al-idhʻān wa-al-ṣalāh ʻalá Nabīyihi alladhī khalaqa li-ajlihi al-kawn wa-al-makān wa-ʻalá ālihi alladhīna sabaqūnā bi-al-īmān wa-aṣḥābihi alladhīn ittabaʻūhum bi-iḥsān. al-Kātib al-faqīr al-mudhnib al-ʻāṣī afqar khalq Allāh Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn ibn Ḥusayn al-Zawrī [al-Zūrī]. Allāhumma ighfir la-hu sanat 1234. [Seal: Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn].", In clear and neat nastaʻlīq script, in black ink on white paper with markings in red; some notes and corrections on the margins; catchwords., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Naḥmaduka yā man sharaḥa ṣudūranā li-talkhīṣ al-bayān fī īḍāḥ al-maʻānī wa-nawwara qulūbanā bi-jawāmiʻ al-bayān min maṭāliʻ al-mathānī wa-nuṣallī ʻalá Nabīyika Muḥammad al-muʼayyid dalāʼil iʻjāzihi bi-asrār al-balāghah wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-aṣḥābihi al-muḥrizīn qaṣabāt al-sabq fī miḍmār al-faṣāḥah wa-al-barāʻah. Wa-baʻd, fa-yaqūlu al-faqīr ilá Allāh al-ghanī Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar al-madʻū bi-Saʻd al-Taftāzānī hadāhu Allāh taʻālá sawāʼa al-ṭarīq wa-adhāqahu ḥalāwat al-taḥqīq qad sharaḥtu fī mā maḍá Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ ...", Romanization supplied by cataloger., Secundo folio: wa-inna hādhā al-fann, Title supplied by vendor., Translation of the colophon: "I finished drafting this abridgment by the help of God the Great King on Thursday noon, the twenty second of the blessed month of Ramaḍān, may we be granted in it, by our fasting and prayer, humility, submissiveness and the praying on His Prophet for whom the universe and space was created and on his family who preceded us in faith and on his companions who followed them graciously. The copyist is the poor sinner and rebellious, the poorest of God's creatures Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn ibn Ḥusayn al-Zawrī [al-Zūrī]. O God forgive him. The year 1234 [Seal: Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn].", البداية: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. نحمدك يا من شرح صدورنا لتلخيص البيان في إيضاح المعاني ونور قلوبنا بجوامع البيان من مطالع المثاني ونصلي على نبيك محمد المؤيد دلائل إعجازه بأسرار البلاغة وعلى آله وأصحابه المحرزين قصبات السبق في مضمار الفصاحة والبراعة. وبعد، فيقول الفقير إلى الله الغني مسعود بن عمر المدعو بسعد التفتازاني هداه الله تعالى سواء الطريق وأذاقه حلاوة التحقيق قد شرحت في ما مضى تلخيص المفتاح ...", الخاتمة: "فرغت من تسويد هذا المختصر بعون الله الملك الأكبر وقت الظهر يوم الخميس من الثاني والعشرين شهر رمضان المبارك ورزقنا في صومه وصلوته الخشوع والإذعان والصلوة على نبيه الذي خلق لأجله الكون والمكان وعلى آله الذين سبقونا بالإيمان وأصحابه الذين اتبعوهم بإحسان. الكاتب الفقير المذنب العاصي أفقر خلق الله زين العابدين بن حسين [؟] الزوري [الزوري]. اللهم اغفر له سنة 1234. [خاتم: زين العابدين].", and بداية الورقة الثانية: وإن هذا الفن
Subject (Name):
Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān,--1267 or 1268-1338.--Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ fī ʻilm al-maʻānī wa-al-badīʻ wa-al-bayān., Sakkākī, Yūsuf ibn Abī Bakr,--1160---Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm., Taftāzānī, Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar,--1322-1389., Taftāzānī, Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar,--1322-1389?--Sharḥ Talkhīṣ Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm., تفتازاني، مسعود بن عمر،,--1322-1389؟., تفتازاني، مسعود بن عمر،,--1322-1389؟.--شرح تلخيص مفتاح العلوم., سكاكي، يوسف بن أبي بكر،,--1160---مفتاح العلوم., and قزويني، جلال الدين محمد بن عبد الرحمن،,--1267 أو 1268-1338.--تلخيص المفتاح في علم المعاني والبديع والبيان.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic language--Rhetoric. and Arabic manuscripts.
Collection of prayers and invocations for seeking God's protection from the enemies, with many verses from the Qurʼān. Name of the author not mentioned. Copied and illuminated in 1267 Hijrī (1850 or 1851) by the calligrapher al-Sayyid Muḥammad Rāsim, a student of Muḥammad Dhākir nicknamed "Ḥāfiẓ al-Qurʼān" (Memorizer of the Qurʼān). Place of copying not mentioned.
Description:
10 x 16 cm; written surface: 5 x 9 cm; 13 lines per page., Binding: Bound in contemporary blue wrapper with flap; both covers beautifully hand-decorated in gilt., Colophon: "Katabahu al-mudhnib al-Sayyid Muḥammad Rāsim min talāmīdh Muḥammad Dhākr [al-mulaqqab] bi-Ḥāfiẓ al-Qurʼān, ghufira la-humā, sanat 1267 H.", In beautiful naskh script, in black ink on white paper, keywords in red; the opening page is illuminated with a handsome heading in gold, blue, rose, and other colors; there are also four different medallions on the margins in gold, blue and other colors (folios 1b, 5a, 9a, 11a); catchwords; text within gold frame., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. al-Ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn, al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Īyāka naʻbudu wa-īyāka nastaʻīn. Ihdinā al-ṣirāṭa al-mustaqīm, ṣirāṭa alladhīna anʻamta ʻalayhim, ghayr al-maghḍūbi ʻalayhim wa-lā al-ḍāllīn ...", Interspersed in the text is an invocatory refrain, repeated ten times, in red ink: "Aʻdāʼunā lan yaṣilū ilaynā bi-al-nafs wa-lā bi-al-wāsiṭah, lā qudrata lahum ʻalá īṣāl al-sūʼ ilaynā bi-ḥāl min al-aḥwāl" (Our enemies will not be able to reach us, neither in person nor by proxy. They have no power to inflict harm on us under any circumstances)., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Secundo folio: nunjī al-muʼminīn., Text folios 1b-11b., Title supplied by cataloger., Translation of the colophon: "Copied by the guilty al-Sayyid Muḥammad Rāsim, a student of Muḥammad Dhākir [nicknamed] Ḥāfiẓ al-Qurʼān [Memorizer of the Qurʼān], may God forgive both of them, in the year 1267 Hijrī [1850 or 1851].", البداية: "بسم االله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله رب العالمين، الرحمن الرحيم. إيّاك نعبد وإيّاك نستعين. اهدنا الصراط المستقيم، صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم، غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالّين ...", الخاتمة: "كتبه المذنب السيد محمد راسم من تلاميذ محمد ذاكر [الملقّب] بحافظ القرآن، غفر لهما، سنة 1267 ھ.", بداية الورقة الثانية: ننجي المؤمنين., and تتكرر خلال النص، بحبر أحمر، عشر مرات، لازمة الدعاء التالية: "أعداؤنا لن يصلوا إلينا بالنفس ولا بالواسطة، لا قدرة لهم على إيصال السوء إلينا بحال من الأحوال."
Subject (Name):
Rāsim, Muḥammad, Active 1850. and راسم، محمد، ناشط 1850.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic manuscripts., Illumination of books and manuscripts., Invocation--Religious aspects--Islam., Prayer--Islam., and Qurʼan.--Selections.
BEIN Zi +4383 Copy 2: Binding of stamped calf on wooden boards from between 1482 and 1492. Originally the volume had 5 brass bosses on each board, 2 are now wanting from the front board. Remnants of brass clasps., BEIN Zi +4383 Copy 2: Bookplate: Frank Altschul. Presentation inscription: Hic liber est mei Jeronimj Monetarii de Feltkirchen, arciu[m] ast medicinae doctoris, quem mihi dono dedit Bernardus Walther, Ciuis Nure[n]berge, sua etate in mathematica peritissim[us], anno salut[is] 1492 in dieb[us] Julii., BEIN Zi +4383 Copy 2: With: Georg von, 1423-1461. Theoricae novae planetarum. Nuremberg: Joannes Regiomontanus, ca. 1474. Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476. Vniversis bonarum artium studiosis Ioannes de Monteregio .S.D.P. Nuremberg: Joannes Regiomontanus, ca. 1475., Imprint from colophon., Signatures: a¹⁰ b-r⁸., Title from incipit in red (leaf a2r)., Translated from Arabic by Adelard of Bath; edited by Campano da Novara. While books I-XIII are Euclid's (cf. Th. Heath. The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements. 1956, v.3, p. 519), Book XIV is a work of the 2d cent. by Hypsicles and book XV the work of a Roman land-surveyor of the 6th century. For a discussion by B.L. van der Waerden of Euclid's sources see Enc. Brit., 15th ed., Micro. IV, p 589., With dedicatory letter by Erhard Ratdolt., and Woodcut initials, large and small, and diagrams in margins throughout; woodcut three-sided border on leaf a2r.
Adelard, of Bath, ca. 1116-1142, Altschul, Frank,--1887-1981--Bookplate, Brandenburg, Hilprand,--1442-1514--Presentation inscription to Reichskartause Buxheim, Campano, da Novara, d. 1296, Hypsicles, of Alexandria, Münzer, Hieronymus,--d. 1508--Presentation inscription from B. Walther, Ratdolt, Erhard, 1447?-1527 or 8, Reichskartause Buxheim Presentation inscription from Hilprand Brandenburg, and Walther, Bernhard,--1430-1504--Presention inscription to H. Münzer
Subject (Topic):
Geometry--Early works to 1800, Incunabula in Yale Library, and Mathematics, Greek--Early works to 1800