A RARE SET OF FOUR ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM AN ASTROLOGICAL...
A RARE SET OF FOUR ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM AN ASTROLOGICAL MANUSCRIPT
Central Asia, possibly Samarkand, 15th-16th century
Ink, gouache and gold on paper; comprising four folios from an astrological manuscript, the inner margins ruled with a gilded fillet; Arabic text written in black and red ink in naskh script; each page illustrated with an animal representing the constellation after which it is named: Cancer, Canis Minor with its related chart, Canis Major and Lepus.
Image 23cm x 17cm; total including mount 32cm x 23cm
Islamic astronomy developed from the 8th–9th centuries through the assimilation and reinterpretation of Greek, Persian and Indian traditions.
Muslim scholars refined Ptolemaic models, producing observations, star catalogues, astronomical tables (zīj) and scientific instruments. Major centres of study included Baghdad, Damascus, Maragha and, in the 15th century, Samarqand where Ulugh Beg constructed an observatory in 1420.
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A RARE SET OF FOUR ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM AN ASTROLOGICAL MANUSCRIPT
Central Asia, possibly Samarkand, 15th-16th century
Ink, gouache and gold on paper; comprising four folios from an astrological manuscript, the inner margins ruled with a gilded fillet; Arabic text written in black and red ink in naskh script; each page illustrated with an animal representing the constellation after which it is named: Cancer, Canis Minor with its related chart, Canis Major and Lepus.
Image 23cm x 17cm; total including mount 32cm x 23cm
Islamic astronomy developed from the 8th–9th centuries through the assimilation and reinterpretation of Greek, Persian and Indian traditions.
Muslim scholars refined Ptolemaic models, producing observations, star catalogues, astronomical tables (zīj) and scientific instruments. Major centres of study included Baghdad, Damascus, Maragha and, in the 15th century, Samarqand where Ulugh Beg constructed an observatory in 1420.
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