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Penn Library's LJS 37 and LJS 460 -[Ikhtiṣār lil-maqālāt min kitāb Uqlīdis](Video Orientation)

Authors

Dot PorterFollow

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Date of this Version

1-9-2022

Comments

Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 37, an incomplete abridgment in Arabic of Euclid's Elements (also described in this video orientation: https://youtu.be/cby6X1hbFW8), and LJS 460, an individual quire which used to be part of LJS 37. It was written in Fatimid Egypt, Iraq, or Syria, between A.H. Jumādá al-Ūlá and Ramaḍān 502 (Dec. 1108-April 1109), and it is unknown when the quire was removed. LJS 37 was purchased by Lawrence J. Schoenberg in 1995, and LJS 460 was purchased by him in 2003.

Digital copies and a full record are available through Franklin.

LJS 37: https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9948054933503681

LJS 460: https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9948056223503681

Records on Internet Archive, with a link to a PDF.

LJS 37: https://archive.org/details/ljs37

LJS 460: https://archive.org/details/ljs460

Link to eBook

LJS 460: https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_ebooks/50/

LJS 37: https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_ebooks/118/

Link to OPENN

LJS 460: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs460.html

LJS 37: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs37.html

Keywords

Geometry -- Early works to 1800, Geometry, Mathematics Greek, Fragments (object portions), Abridgements, Treatises, Diagrams, Manuscripts Arabic, Manuscripts Medieval

Disciplines

Arabic Studies | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Medieval Studies | Physical Sciences and Mathematics

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Recommended Citation

Porter, D. (2022, January 09). Penn Library's LJS 37 and LJS 460 -[Ikhtiṣār lil-maqālāt min kitāb Uqlīdis](Video Orientation). [Video file.] Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_video/201