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Mahmud Ibn Muhammad Ibn ‘Umar al-Jaghmini (or al-Chaghmini, d.1221 AD), al-Mulakhkhas fi’l hay’a, (a Compendium of Astronomy), copied by Qutb al-Din Ibn Muhammad al-Nakidi, Near East or Anatolia, dated 785 AH/1383-4 AD
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description
- ink, paper, leather
Arabic manuscript on polished cream paper, 29 leaves plus 26 flyleaves, 15 lines to the page, written in a scholar's hand in brown ink on different coloured papers, annotations throughout, written diagonally and in between the lines, 25 coloured diagrams, brown leather binding with tooled central medallion, with flap
Condition
In generally good overall condition, occasional stains and smudges, thumbed, some minor paper repairs, as viewed.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Mahmud Ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Umar al-Jaghmini (or al-Chaghmini), who died in 1221 AD during the Mongol conquest of Khwarizm, was born in Jaghmin, Khwarizm, and was a mathematician and astronomer. The present work, al-Mulakhkhas fi’l hay’a, comprises an introduction on simple and complicated bodies and celestial spheres followed by two books: the first on astronomy and the second on geography, chronology, trigonometry and astrology. The original composition was completed in 1220 AD, a year before the author's death, and has been translated into Persian, German and Russian, see B.A. Rosenfeld and E. Ihsanoglu, Mathematicians, Astronomers & Other Scholars of Islamic Civilisation and their works (7th_19th c.), Istanbul, 2003, pp.198-199, no.547.
A royal copy of a commentary upon the present work, Hashiyah ‘ala mukhtasar al-talkhis lil hakim al-fadil Mahmud al-Jaghmini, dated only four years earlier, is included in this sale as lot 22.
A royal copy of a commentary upon the present work, Hashiyah ‘ala mukhtasar al-talkhis lil hakim al-fadil Mahmud al-Jaghmini, dated only four years earlier, is included in this sale as lot 22.