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Detail View: Rylands Collection: Explanation of a work on mechanics

Image Number: 
JRL0811362dc
Reference Number: 
Arabic MS 419
Image Title: 
Explanation of a work on mechanics
Parent Work Title: 
Various works on pneumatics and mechanics
Date Created: 
c1650
Page/Sheet: 
77v-78r
Image Sequence Number: 
078r
Description: 
An explanation of the second makalah of the work of Hero of Alexandria on mechanics. Script: Indian Naskhi.
Language Code: 
ara
Language: 
Arabic
Subject: 
Mechanics
Subject: 
Physics
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Drawing (image-making) 
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
17th Century CE
People Covered: 
Hero, of Alexandria
Item Height: 
185 mm
Item Width: 
125 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Hamilton, George William, 1807-1868, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
References: 
Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2008-07-21
Multi Page Number: 
395
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