NORTH AFRICA OR ANDALUSIA, AH 12 JUMADA II 353/26 JUNE 964 AD

细节

Kitab tahawil al-sinin
North Africa or Andalusia, AH 12 Jumada II 353/26 June 964 AD
On astrology, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 8 consecutive folios forming the last section of the manuscript, most with 28ll. of tiny neat sepia kufic, first folio in slightly different hand with 21ll. of script, all other folios with headings in large elegant kufic, final folio with colophon dated 12 Jumada II 353 and signed min khatt Qays ibn Qasim al-Tujibi (?), areas of purple mould and loss of vellum through degradation caused by the ink
Folio 8¼ x 6¼in. (21 x 15.8cm.) (8)

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拍品专文

This forms the remains of Part III on the conjunctions of the planets and the whole of Part IV on the Indications of the twelve zodiacal signs each divided into short chapters (fasl). It is followed by a brief colophon.
This is a manuscript of great importance. If it is from Andalusia, it dates from the period of the Umayyad Caliphate, a period from which very few manuscripts survive.
It has not been possible to identify the author of this manuscript as yet. Two other scribes with the nisba al-Tujibi are 'Abdallah ibn Abi Hashim ibn Masrur al-Tujibi from North Africa who died in c. 957 AD and Abu Muhammad 'Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Sandur al-Tujibi who died before 1107 AD and was from Saragossa.