LJS 37, Ikhtiṣār min al-maqālāt min kitāb Uqlīdis, is a Fatimid abridgment of Euclid’s Element
LJS 37, Ikhtiṣār min al-maqālāt min kitāb Uqlīdis, is a Fatimid abridgment of Euclid’s Elements written in ca. 1108-1111. The manuscript is additionally rife with small ink diagrams in red helping to illustrate some of the principles within the text. Fols. 15r-17v are depicted here.For a more extensive description and further digitized images please see OPenn; http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/LJSchoenbergManuscripts/html/ljs37.html -- source link
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