(Q56683)

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Ikhtiyārāt al-aḥkām al-ʻalāʼīyah min al-aʻlām al-samāwīyah
اختيارات الاحكام العلائية من الاعلام السماوية
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Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 1149 or 1150-1210
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Astrologie--Ouvrages avant 1800
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Astrology--Early works to 1800
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Extent: 84] p. (15 lines), bound ; 18 cm.
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Caption title.
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Title from p. 3.
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Text is dedicated to Abū al-Muẓaffar Takash ibn Khvārāzmshāh Alp Arslān ibn Ansar Burhān.
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Page 2 of cover bears white label with heading: Msc. Persan, No.9 and listing four treatises supposedly contained in the volume. This is a French translation of the information found on f. 1a.
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Leaf 1a bears titles of four treatises under heading: Mā fī hādhihi al-majmūʻah.
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Page 3 of cover bears two statements of ownership.
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Ms. in nastaliq on glazed paper. 17.6 x 12.4 cm. Basmalah, Prophet's name and "ammā baʻd " in gilt. Headings and keywords in red ink. Text area of f. 1b-9a framed in ruled lines; f. 1b and 2a have gilt frames. Catchwords; text unvocalized. No marginalia. Text was originally part of a larger work as indicated by list of contents on f. 1a.
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Paper is glazed laid stock, very heavy, probably handmade. First leaf slightly discolored. Pervasive water stain, primarily in lower margin. Very slight worm damage near hinge. No visible watermark.
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Binding is leather over pasteboard. Spine is plain; covers have blind stamped triple fillets bordered with ruled gilt lines and a gilt scroll design. Angle decorations are gilt woven pattern. Centers have incised mandorlas with flanking tulips. Centers of madorlas have guilt floral design. Leather doublures.
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1993-168. Purchased from Worldwide Antiquarian, Special List 273.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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