A COPY OF THE ZIJ-I ULUGH BEG DEDICATED TO SULTAN BAYEZID II (r.1481-1512)

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27.10.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 6 | A COPY OF THE ZIJ-I ULUGH BEG DEDICATED TO SULTAN BAYEZID II (r.1481-1512)
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A COPY OF THE ZIJ-I ULUGH BEG DEDICATED TO SULTAN BAYEZID II (r.1481-1512)

OTTOMAN TURKEY, DEDICATED TO SULTAN BAYEZID, DATED 19TH DHU'L-QA'DA AH 914/ 20TH MARCH 1509 AD

The astronomical tables of Ulugh Beg, Persian and Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 34ff., most with 20ll. of elegant black naskh, the first line of each folio in fine jali naskh, within red rules, important words and diagram text in red and black ink, Sultan Bayezid II's title picked out in gold on folio 1b., text arranged in various layouts and tables, two polychrome diagrams of west and east, library seal impressions on first flyleaf, in blind-tooled Ottoman binding with central medallion, plain leather doublures, some folios loose in binding

Text panel 9 1/4 x 6 3/4in. (23.5 x 17cm.); folio 11 1/2 x 7 7/8in. (29.1 x 20cm.)





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Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York



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