(Q3936)
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Bifolium from Liber completus in iudiciis stellarum.
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Bāriʻ fī aḥkām al-nujūm.
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Ibn Abī al-Rijāl, ʻAlī, 1015 or 1016-1062 or 1063
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Rosenthal, Bernard M
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Astrology, Arab--Early works to 1800
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Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800
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[approximately 1320]
14. century
1320Gregorian
1320Gregorian
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Extent: 2 leaves : parchment, colored illustration ; 314 x 234 (246 x 170) mm bound to 346 x 260 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Origin: Written in England in approximately 1320 (Quaritch).
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Decoration: 8-line historiated initial depicting a monk and a woman with an armillary sphere on a gold ground (slightly rubbed) with a bar border in blue, red, and gold with ivy-leaf finials extending through the full left margin and into the upper and lower margins (f. 1r); 2 3-line decorated initials, one a puzzle initial in red and blue with penwork in red and blue (f. 1r) and the other in...
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Title supplied by cataloger based on heading for Book 6 (f. 1r).
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Layout: Written in 2 columns of 53 lines; prickings visible.
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Script: Written in Gothic textualis script.
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Binding: Modern paper over cardboard, with gilt cover label (Ibn Abi 'l-Rijal, Liber in iudiciis stellarum, England, circa 1320, MS 1317 ES).
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Sold at auction at Christie's, 20 November 2013, lot 34, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
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Formerly owned by Bernard M. Rosenthal (note in pencil on letterhead, front flyleaf).
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Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal as part of his private collection to Bernard Quaritch Antiquarian Books (London), 1987.
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Appears in Quaritch's catalog 1147 (Bookhands of the Middle Ages, Part V, 1991), number 107; sold to a private collector in Switzerland.
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Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2014.
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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