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LOT 0275
Islamic Manuscript, The Secret of Al-Azhar and the Red Sulfur by the al-Hakim Al-Khemai Dhul-Nun Uthman bin Suwavd Al-Akhmaimi
933 A.H.
5 7/8 x 8 in. (553 grams, 15 x 20.3 cm).
Rebound as a hardback with leather binding to spine and fore-edge envelope flap, marbled boards, title page with triangular block of text in red and black, notes in a different hand below; text pages typically 11 lines of wide-spaced naskh script in black ink with red title and diacritics, six-pointed stars, marginal notation, red-framed numerical and other tables; damaged pages repaired and restored; dense blocks of script to both end pages.
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.12272-220411.
The text is 'The Secret of Al Azhar and the Red Sulphur' (known as 'The Light of Lights and the Secret of Secrets') by al-Hakim Al-Khemai Dhul-Nun Uthman bin Suwavd Al-Akhmaimi, written out by Yususf bin Yagoub Al Ashiuli in 933 A.H. (1526 A.D.).
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LOT 0275
Islamic Manuscript, The Secret of Al-Azhar and the Red Sulfur by the al-Hakim Al-Khemai Dhul-Nun Uthman bin Suwavd Al-Akhmaimi
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000€6,960 - 9,280 (for guidance only)$8,100 - 10,800 (for guidance only)
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