NASIR AL-DIN AL-TUSI (D.1274 AD), MUKHTASAR FI MA’RIFAT AL-TAQWIM WA ‘ALAM AL TANJIM, ON THE CALENDAR AND ASTRONOMY, COPIED BY ‘ALI B. MUHAMMED B. ‘ALI, KNOWN AS AL-SHARIF AL-JURJANI, CENTRAL ASIA, 15TH CENTURY

NASIR AL-DIN AL-TUSI (D.1274 AD), MUKHTASAR FI MA’RIFAT AL-TAQWIM WA ‘ALAM AL TANJIM, ON THE CALENDAR AND ASTRONOMY, COPIED BY ‘ALI B. MUHAMMED B. ‘ALI, KNOWN AS AL-SHARIF AL-JURJANI, CENTRAL ASIA, 15TH CENTURY

Arabic and Persian manuscript on cream paper, 55 leaves, plus 1 fly-leaf, some pages coloured in orange or pink, 15 lines to the page written in black naskh, important words written in red or blue, f.1b with the bismillah written in blue, green and orange, ff.55b with the colophon written in red, some ownership stamps, in brown leather binding decorated with cut out interlacing scrolls

18.3 by 12.5cm.

Condition Report:
The margins with minor restorations, some stains and later annotations, some rubbing, the date of the colophon rubbed and illegible, minor traces of moulds, as viewed.

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