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LOT 0276
Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi
942 A.H.
6 1/8 x 8 in. (418 grams, 15.5 x 20.5 cm).
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, gilt central arabesque foliage panel and drypoint borders, fore-edge and envelope flap; title page with naskh script text in a triangular block with circular stamp and other notation; text pages each typically 21 lines of dense naskh script text with red titles, blocks of marginal notation.
ProvenanceFrom an important family collection started in the late 1950s.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12273-220406.
The text is an explanation of the book 'Summary of Astronomy' written by the engineer Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi who died in 840 A.H. (1436 A.D.). The work is a footnote in the clarification of the minister, astronomical engineer Sinan al-Din Pasha, Yusuf bin Khadr bin Jalal Al-Din Al-Rumi who died in 891 A.H. (1486 A.D.) by order of Sultan Muhammad Al-Fateh bin Murad, a student of the author. This version dates to 952 A.H. (1535 A.D.).
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LOT 0276
Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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