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Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi
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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.

Provenance

From 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.

Footnotes

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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