Lot Essay
This is a very early manuscript of a little known work.
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BAGHDAD AH SAFAR 590/1193 AD
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Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ayash: Kitab al-bayan wa al-tadkar fi san'at 'amal al-'iyar Part I
Baghdad AH Safar 590/1193 AD
On mathematics, Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 85ff. with 15ll. of sepia naskh, some marginal notes, final folio dated Safar 590 and signed 'Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Almajal al-Baghdadi in the madrasa of al-Nizamiyah in Baghdad, slight worm damage, opening folio with ownership notations, in brown morocco binding
Folio 9.1/8 x 6in. (23.2 x 16.5cm.)
Baghdad AH Safar 590/1193 AD
On mathematics, Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 85ff. with 15ll. of sepia naskh, some marginal notes, final folio dated Safar 590 and signed 'Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Almajal al-Baghdadi in the madrasa of al-Nizamiyah in Baghdad, slight worm damage, opening folio with ownership notations, in brown morocco binding
Folio 9.1/8 x 6in. (23.2 x 16.5cm.)