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Ibn al-Majdi, Al-Durr al-Yatim fi sina'at al-Falak wa Taqwim, also known as Zij ibn al-Majdi, treatise on astronomy, copied by Ali bin Yusuf al-Rifa'i al-Tuluni North Africa, dated AH 1064/AD 1653(2)
2 April 2009, 14:00 BST
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Find your local specialistIbn al-Majdi, Al-Durr al-Yatim fi sina'at al-Falak wa Taqwim, also known as Zij ibn al-Majdi, treatise on astronomy, copied by Ali bin Yusuf al-Rifa'i al-Tuluni
North Africa, dated AH 1064/AD 1653
North Africa, dated AH 1064/AD 1653
Arabic manuscript on paper, 34 leaves, one page with 14 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink, significant words, sentences, and the bismallah written in red ink, rest of text arranged within tables ruled in red, significant words picked out in green and red throughout, discoloration, edges frayed, four holes in the first two leaves affecting text, later red morocco with marbled paper covers, worn; and Hidayat uli al-basa'ir wa'l absar ila ma'rifat ajza al-ayl wa'l nahar fi ilm al-falak, Arabic manuscript on astronomy, compiled by Muhammad bin Mustafa al-Tantawi, Levant, dated AH 1263/AD 1846-47
210 x 155 mm.; 235 x 170 mm.(2)
210 x 155 mm.; 235 x 170 mm.(2)