Lot 7
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ATTRIBUTED TO ‘ALA AL-DIN ABU’L-HASAN IBN ‘ALI IBN IBRAHIM IBN MUHAMMAD AL-MUT’IM AL-ANSARI AL-FALAKI AL-DIMASHQI KNOWN AS IBN AL-SHATIR (D. 1375 AD): JADWAL
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ATTRIBUTED TO ‘ALA AL-DIN ABU’L-HASAN IBN ‘ALI IBN IBRAHIM IBN MUHAMMAD AL-MUT’IM AL-ANSARI AL-FALAKI AL-DIMASHQI KNOWN AS IBN AL-SHATIR (D. 1375 AD): JADWAL

MAMLUK SYRIA, PROBABLY DAMASCUS, LATE 14TH/EARLY 15TH CENTURY

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ATTRIBUTED TO ‘ALA AL-DIN ABU’L-HASAN IBN ‘ALI IBN IBRAHIM IBN MUHAMMAD AL-MUT’IM AL-ANSARI AL-FALAKI AL-DIMASHQI KNOWN AS IBN AL-SHATIR (D. 1375 AD): JADWAL
MAMLUK SYRIA, PROBABLY DAMASCUS, LATE 14TH/EARLY 15TH CENTURY
Astronomical observations and tables, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 70ff., each with 25-29ll. of black naskh, occasional words picked out in red, within red rules, with tables in red and black, several mentioning Damascus and dated AH 840/1436-37 AD, occasional marginal notes, in red morocco with flap, marbled paper doublures
Text panel 9 x 3 1/8in. (22.7 x 7.8cm.); folio 10 1/8 x 4in. (25.7 x 10cm.)
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Ibn al-Shatir was the head muwaqqit of the Ummayad mosque in Damascus and was known for both his texts on astronomical observations and his substantial advancement of designs for astronomical instruments (see King, “Ibn al-Shatir” in Selin (ed.), 2008, pp. 412-413; Brockelmann, GAL, II, 156; S. II, 157). He compiled sets of tables to observe and predict astronomical functions related to the times of prayer (King, 2008, p.413). If this manuscript is indeed the work of Ibn al-Shatir, it presents astronomical predictions in the form of numerous tables of Damascus AH 840/1436-37 AD.

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