Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
December 1923
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/589
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Second Day 34 —, 1257 A Collection of the Teachings of Celebrated Muhammadan Philosophers, Physicians and Historians. An Arabic MS., written in Naskh in single and marginal columns within gold and coloured rules, with illuminated Sarlouh ; no scribe or date, but probably XV cent. ; silk binding ; 8vo : bos A Collection of Invocations to be used for the healing of the al sick, deliverance from evils, preservation of life, and fs other needs, attributed to the great Muhammadan Saints. An Arabic MS., with Persian Explanations, written in Naskh within gold and coloured rules, with two illuminated Sarlouhs, signed AHMAD Natrrizi, and dated SI1212 AV H S=_3b709. A.D. It Foearseehe seal ot SAYID, the physician ; stamped leather binding ; 8vo 5 gl cm, 259) Au-Tust: An Astronomical Treatise. An Arabic MS., fot written in Naskh in single column, with diagrams and tables in red ink; dated 1075 A.H. = 1664 A.D. ; sprinkled calf binding ; 8vo = 76 ie 260 ~ The Diseases of the Horse and their Cures. A Persian Ms. * written in Indian Nasta’liq in single column within if 10] > tol gold and coloured rules, with illuminated Sarlouh, and meet 58 miniatures ; dated 1218 A.H. = 1803 A.D. ; stamped leather binding ; 8vo eters 261 <A Treatise on Muhammadan Ethics and the Teachings of | Philosophers, Saints, and Mystics, without title. An ] =z Arabic MS., written in old Naskh in single column ; 3 datedi728 Avo. =251327-A4.-D:? Oe ee LE ne e > 262 | A Collection of Treatises.. A Persian MS., written in very F ; fine Nasta’liq in single column within gold and coloured @: aide rules, with illuminated Sarlouh. The work deals with : , Ist, The Heavenly Bodies, elements, minerals, vegetables, q ! y and animals; 2nd, With Human Beings, their senses je and faculties, and anatomy ; 3rd, The Countries of the 7 World, their climates, mountains, seas, and rivers, and their wonders. A page missing at the end, so no date, but apparently early XV cent.; gold stamped leather binding ; 8vo As there is no mention of any countries in Europe or. America, the work must have been written at a time when they were not known to Eastern writers. The Chapters on Anatomy are probably unique.
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