Author: |
Karajī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, d. ca. 1016. |
Title: |
[Inbāṭ al-miyāh al-khafīyah] [manuscript].
Kitāb Inbāṭ al-miyāh al-khafīyah |
Origin: |
[Iraq or Persia], A.H. 1084 (1674) |
Physical description: |
49 leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 193 x 125 (138 x 70) mm. bound to 193 x 128 mm. |
Summary: |
17th-century copy of 11th-century treatise on hydraulics and groundwater supply, including information on the construction of subterranean tunnels for irrigation systems. |
Notes: |
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 49 leaves; [1-49] ; modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.
Layout: Written in 15 long lines.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq script.
Decoration: 14 diagrams in black and red ink; rubrication and overlining in red.
Binding: Morocco, blind-tooled, damaged and rebacked.
Origin: Written in Iraq or Persia, dated A.H. 14 Dhūl-Qaʻda 1084 (20 Feb. 1674). |
Cite as: |
LJS 399 |
Manuscript ********: |
Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Pennsylvania LJS 399 |
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