[ʻIr Siḥon] [manuscript].

Extent:

58 leaves

Creator:

Sarfati, Joseph ben Moses, fl. ca. 1400-1450

Description:

Ms. codex.

Mathematical work on basic calculations, including business or commercial arithmetic.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Collation: Paper, i (modern) + i (early) + 58 + i (modern); 1¹²(-1) 2-4¹²; [1-58], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.

Layout: Written in 17 long lines.

Script: Written in semi-cursive Hebrew script in a single hand, except for one leaf in another hand (f. 11).

Binding: 17th-century Italian gilt-tooled calf, rebacked, with ribbon marker.

Origin: Written in Spain in the 15th century.

Language:

Hebrew

Medium:

paper

Contributor:

Hirschel, Solomon,1761-1842,former owner.
Jews' College (London, England),former owner.
Bet din tsedeḳ London ṿeha-medinah (Great Britain),former owner.

Edm Type:

text

Format:

Book
Manuscript/Archive

Identifier:

5411100
773215978

Subject:

Arithmetic Early works to 1900.
Business mathematics Early works to 1800.
Mathematics Early works to 1800.

Type:

text

Agg Provider:

University of Pennsylvania Libraries