Lot Essay
Muhammad Sibt al-Mardini's family were originally from Damascus, but he spent his whole life in Cairo where he died later in the year that this manuscript was written.
.jpg?w=1)
CAIRO, AH MUHARRAM 907/17 JULY-AUGUST 1501 AD
Details
Muhammad ibn Muhammad Sibt al-Mardini al-Dimashqi (d. AH 907/1501 AD): Tuhfat al-ahbab fi 'ilm al-hisab
Cairo, AH Muharram 907/17 July-August 1501 AD
Mathematics, Arabic manuscript on cream coloured European water-marked paper, 22ff. with 15ll. of neat black naskh, occasional words in red, final folio with colophon signed by the author Muhammad Sibt al-Mardini and dated Muharram 907, light water staining, in brown tooled morocco 15th century Mamluk binding, damaged
Folio 8.3/8 x 5.5/8in. (21.4 x 14.5cm.)
Cairo, AH Muharram 907/17 July-August 1501 AD
Mathematics, Arabic manuscript on cream coloured European water-marked paper, 22ff. with 15ll. of neat black naskh, occasional words in red, final folio with colophon signed by the author Muhammad Sibt al-Mardini and dated Muharram 907, light water staining, in brown tooled morocco 15th century Mamluk binding, damaged
Folio 8.3/8 x 5.5/8in. (21.4 x 14.5cm.)