COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
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Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0811341dc
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JRL0811341dc
Image Number
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Reference Number:
Arabic MS 419
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Arabic MS 419
Reference Number
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Image Title:
Abridged treatise on Mechanics
title
Abridged treatise on Mechanics
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Various works on pneumatics and mechanics
title_larger_entity
Various works on pneumatics and mechanics
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Hero, of Alexandria
creator
Hero, of Alexandria
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Author
creator_role
Author
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
c1650
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c1650
Date Created
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Page/Sheet:
56v-57r
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56v-57r
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Image Sequence Number:
057r
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057r
Image Sequence Number
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Description:
An abridged version of the second treatise of the book of Hero the mechanician on the lifting of heavy weights by means of a small power. Script: Indian Naskhi.
description
An abridged version of the second treatise of the book of Hero the mechanician on the lifting of heavy weights by means of a small power. Script: Indian Naskhi.
Description
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Language Code:
ara
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ara
Language Code
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Language:
Arabic
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Arabic
Language
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Subject:
Mechanics
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Mechanics
Subject
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Subject:
Physics
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Physics
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
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false
Technique Used:
Drawing (image-making)
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Drawing (image-making)
Technique Used
false
Support:
Paper
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Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
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17th Century CE
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false
People Covered:
Hero, of Alexandria
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Hero, of Alexandria
People Covered
false
Item Height:
185 mm
item_height
185 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
125 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Hamilton, George William, 1807-1868, former owner
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Hamilton, George William, 1807-1868, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
References:
Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
references
Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
References
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2008-07-21
Multi Page Number:
290
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290
Multi Page Number
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Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-01
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
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Rylands
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