IRAN, DATED AH 978/1570-71 AD

细节

TWENTY TREATISE ON SCIENCE
IRAN, DATED AH 978/1570-71 AD
Scientific, Persian manuscript on paper, 348ff. plus 4 fly-leaves, each with 27ll. of minute black nasta'liq, titles in red and many panels of gold and polychrome illumination throughout the text, margins in gold with blue rule, one colophon dated 978, small areas of staining confined to the margins, later owners' stamps and notes, in red morocco with gold central medallions
Text panel 5 7/8 x 3¾in. (14.9 x 9.5cm.); folio 7¾ x 5 1/8in. (19.7 x 13.1cm.)

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拍品专文

The twenty treatise in this manuscript include:

1. The risala on astrolabes by Abu'l-Khayr Muhammad Taqi Farsi
2. The translation of mizan al-hikma by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman Khazini (composed AH 515/1121-2 AD) into Persian by the order of Badr al-Din Mahmud ibn Muhammad
3. The Commentary on si fasl of Nasir al-Din Tusi by Badr al-Tabari
4. A risala on rules for horoscopes (author unknown)
5. The samt al-qibla al-safaviyya by Abu Tahir Isma'il ibn Ayyub (author obscure)
6. The jam-e jahan numa (incomplete) by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Mansur
7. The jam-e jahan numa by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Mansur
8. The commentary and translation of thamara batlamius of Nasir al-Din Tusi by Baha' al-Din Muhammad Wazir
9. A treatise on making medicine (author unknown)
10. A chart on measurements of the Earth and other planets (author unknown)
11. The awsaf al-ashraf of Nasir al-Din Tusi written for Shams al-Din Muhammad Juvayni
12. A treatise on gems of Muhammad ibn Mansur written for Sultan Hasan Bahadur Khan and Abu'l-Fath Khalil Bahadur Khan
13. The akhlaq nasiri of Nasir al-Din Tusi written for Nasir al-Din 'Abd al-Rahim ibn Abu Mansur
14. The yanbu' al-hayat of Afzal al-Din Kashani
15. The risala tahliliyya of Jalal al-Din Dawwani
16. The letter of Ahmad Ghazali (the brother of Muhammad Ghazali) to 'Ayn al-Quzat
17. The risala aghaz va anjam of Baba Afzal Kashani
18. The risala mukhtasar fi a'mal al-usturlab of Baha' al-Din Muhammad 'Amili (possibly in the hand of the author)
19. An alphabetical dictionary of words and expressions for plants, animals, medicines (author unknown)
20. Another treatise