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NASIR AL-DIN TUSI (d.1274 AD): Kitab Al-Majisti [commentary on Ptolemy’s Almagest in 13 chapters]. Persian manuscript on paper, signed Rukn Al-Din bin Mahmud al-Katib al-Shirazi, known as ‘Ibari. Timurid Iran, dated 4 Rajab AH 896 [13 May 1491].
21 lines of black cursive script to the page, titles and important phrases picked out in red, text within gold, black and blue rules, with numerous tables and diagrams, some left blank, opening folio with illuminated headpiece, colophon signed and dated, various later added ownership notes, inserted leaf with Kevorkian’s handwritten note attributing the work to Abu al-Wafa Muhammad al-Buzjani. 259 leaves, 180 x 99mm (text panel 121 x 55mm). Original gilt and stamped binding with paper decoupé doublures; slipcase.
Provenance: The Hagop Kevorkian Collection (no. 701; no. 1453).
21 lines of black cursive script to the page, titles and important phrases picked out in red, text within gold, black and blue rules, with numerous tables and diagrams, some left blank, opening folio with illuminated headpiece, colophon signed and dated, various later added ownership notes, inserted leaf with Kevorkian’s handwritten note attributing the work to Abu al-Wafa Muhammad al-Buzjani. 259 leaves, 180 x 99mm (text panel 121 x 55mm). Original gilt and stamped binding with paper decoupé doublures; slipcase.
Provenance: The Hagop Kevorkian Collection (no. 701; no. 1453).
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