MANSUR BIN MUHAMMAD BIN AHMAD BIN YUSUF BIN FAQIR ILYAS (D. CIRCA 1420 AD): AL-TASHRIH BI'L-TASWIR
MANSUR BIN MUHAMMAD BIN AHMAD BIN YUSUF BIN FAQIR ILYAS (D. CIRCA 1420 AD): AL-TASHRIH BI'L-TASWIR
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This lot is offered without reserve. THE COLLECTION OF PAUL RICHARD LOEWI (1879-1939) AND HIS DAUGHTER ERICA (1918-1996)
MANSUR BIN MUHAMMAD BIN AHMAD BIN YUSUF BIN FAQIR ILYAS (D. CIRCA 1420 AD): AL-TASHRIH BI'L-TASWIR

IRAN, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

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MANSUR BIN MUHAMMAD BIN AHMAD BIN YUSUF BIN FAQIR ILYAS (D. CIRCA 1420 AD): AL-TASHRIH BI'L-TASWIR
IRAN, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, 37ff. with five illustrations, 16ll. per page, headings in red, occasional marginal notes in red, no binding
12 1⁄8 x 7 7⁄8in. (30.8 x 20.1cm.)
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This medical manuscript was originally written in the 14th century for 'Umar Shaykh, the ruler of Fars and grandson of Timur. It is divided into chapters which discuss the bones, nervous system, muscles, veins, arteries, organs, and the development of the embryo. According to Barbara Schmitz, the earliest known dated copies are from the 1670s and 80s. The calligraphy, illumination and drawings of ours however, as well as the paper, suggest a 15th century date, making it one of the earliest examples known (Schmitz, 1992, pp.134-35). The present copy was produced later but includes five full-page anatomical illustrations showing various systems of the body and their function. A very similar copy is in the Aga Khan Museum (inv. AKM525). A copy of the same work, from Timurid Iran, was sold in these Rooms, 24 October 2019, lot 35.

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