FOUR SECTIONS FROM EARLY ANDALUSIAN MANUSCRIPTS

AL-ANDALUS, SPAIN, 12TH-13TH CENTURY

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FOUR SECTIONS FROM EARLY ANDALUSIAN MANUSCRIPTS
AL-ANDALUS, SPAIN, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
Comprising a section from an early copy of a work by Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Haqq bin Muhammad bin Harun al-Siqilli (d. 1073-74 AD), 35ff., each with 33ll. of neat sepia andalusi script, titles in larger script, with fine marginal commentary; a section from an early copy of Kitab al-makatib from kitab al-wisaya by Yusuf Ibn ?Abdallaah Ibn Muhammad Ibn ?Abd al-Barr (d. 1071 AD), 40ff., each with 29ll. of sepia andalusi script, titles in larger script, with title page, fly-leaf with later notes; a section of a text on fiqh, 25ff., each with 35ll. of sepia andalusi script, with marginal notes; and another work on fiqh, 50ff., each with 32ll. of sepia andalusi script, titles in larger script, with marginal notes, each in invidual boxes
The largest folio 10 ¾ x 7 7/8in. (27.2 x 20.1cm.)

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Al-Siqilli is known to have exchanged letters with the famous Andalusian scholar and poet Ibn Hazm. Ibn Hazm wrote a short epistle al-risala al-balqa fi radd 'ala 'abd al-haqq bin muhammad al-siqilli, known to be a riposte to juridical questions developped by al-Siqilli. Al-Siqilli died in Alexandria in 1074 AD.

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