KITAB AL-IIHKAM FI TAQWIM AL-NOJOUM (THE BOOK OF PRECISION IN...
KITAB AL IIHKAM FI TAQWIM AL-NOJOUM (THE BOOK OF PRECISION IN THE CALCULATION OF THE STARS)
SAHL IBN BISHR AL-ISRĀʾĪLĪ (D. 850)
Possibly Egypt, 17th century
Composed of 73 leaves, on Egyptian lined paper, of 27 lines of fine naskh in black ink, with rubricated headings in red, with an ownership note at the end translating to: 'property of the servant, in need of God Almighty, Muhammad Ibn Hajib, the teacher of the Arabic school in the year 1312 AH (1894 AD)', with astronomical and astrological diagrams of horoscopes; not with the original binding.
32.5cm x 23cm
Kitab Al-Ihkam fi Taqwim Al-Nojoum (The Book of Precision in the Calibration/Evaluation of the Stars)refers to a historical manuscript on Islamic astronomy and astrology. Sahl Ibn Bishr Al-Israili was a famous Jewish astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician from Tabaristan (modern-day Iran) who worked in Baghdad during the golden era of the Abbasid Caliphate. His works were translated to Latin from the 12th century and went on to become foundaitonal texts in European astrology.
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KITAB AL IIHKAM FI TAQWIM AL-NOJOUM (THE BOOK OF PRECISION IN THE CALCULATION OF THE STARS)
SAHL IBN BISHR AL-ISRĀʾĪLĪ (D. 850)
Possibly Egypt, 17th century
Composed of 73 leaves, on Egyptian lined paper, of 27 lines of fine naskh in black ink, with rubricated headings in red, with an ownership note at the end translating to: 'property of the servant, in need of God Almighty, Muhammad Ibn Hajib, the teacher of the Arabic school in the year 1312 AH (1894 AD)', with astronomical and astrological diagrams of horoscopes; not with the original binding.
32.5cm x 23cm
Kitab Al-Ihkam fi Taqwim Al-Nojoum (The Book of Precision in the Calibration/Evaluation of the Stars)refers to a historical manuscript on Islamic astronomy and astrology. Sahl Ibn Bishr Al-Israili was a famous Jewish astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician from Tabaristan (modern-day Iran) who worked in Baghdad during the golden era of the Abbasid Caliphate. His works were translated to Latin from the 12th century and went on to become foundaitonal texts in European astrology.
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