[ASTRONOMY -- MANUSCRIPT]. MUSA BIN MUHAMMAD QADI ZADEH AL-RUMI (d. 1436 AD). Al-Mulakhkhas fi 'Ilm al-Hay’a. Gaza [A commentary on the Compendium of Cosmology]. Ottoman Palestine, AH 1279/1862-3 AD.
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[ASTRONOMY -- MANUSCRIPT]. MUSA BIN MUHAMMAD QADI ZADEH AL-RUMI (d. 1436 AD). Al-Mulakhkhas fi 'Ilm al-Hay’a. Gaza [A commentary on the Compendium of Cosmology].
Ottoman Palestine, AH 1279/1862-3 AD.
110 leaves, 220 x 162mm. In Arabic. 17 lines, written in naskh script in black ink within red rules; some phrases underlined in red. Illustrated with numerous diagrams in red and black. With added marginal notes. Colophon signed by scribe Muhammad Al-Tan…(?) Al-Azhari. Bound in contemporary deerskin-backed marbled boards, with folding flap.
A commentary on al-Mulukhkhas’s substantial astronomical treatise, dedicated to the Timurid ruler Ulugh Beg (d.1449 AD).
This lot is located in Chicago.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
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