Marasid al-Maqasid and Al-Majsiti

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Marasid al-Maqasid and Al-Majsiti
Near East, AH 666/1267 AD

A handbook for geometry, trigonometry, mathematics, algebra, astronomy and the use of astronomical instruments, Arabic manuscript on paper, 200ff. each with 17ll. of sepia naskh, occasional words and sentences in red, frequent diagrams within the text, final tenth of book with tables, final folio with colophon signed 'Uthman bin Muhammad bin Abi Bakr al-Shirazi, also signed midway through the text (first couple of folios missing, corners chipped, light staining and water damage), in Mamluk-style binding with flap
folio 6½ x 5in. (16.5 x 13cm.)

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A very early copy of a hitherto unknown text, and very probably a holograph, by a contemporary of Nasr al-Din Tusi.
The title appears at the end of the book.

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