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DIWAN AL-TIBB
IRAN, DATED 8 RAJAB 655/29 JULY 1257
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DIWAN AL-TIBB
IRAN, DATED 8 RAJAB 655/29 JULY 1257
On illnesses and their cures, Persian manuscript on buff paper, with 320 ff. plus 2 later fly-leaves, each with 15ll. of black naskh, significant words either picked out in red or magnified, some marginal notes, generally in red, colophon dated 8 Rajab 655, black paper boards with brown leather spine, incomplete at beginning, trimmed, loose in binding, and some staining and repairs
Folio 6¾ x 5 1/8in. (17.2 x 13cm.)
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Lot Essay
A note in the colophon indicates that the manuscript belonged to Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Mu'alim and that he gave it to his son Abi'l-Fadl Mas'ud in AH 705/1305-06 AH.