A WORLD MAP AND A SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF MECCA FROM THE KHARIDAT AL-AJA`IB OF IBN AL-WARDI (D.1348-9)
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
10000GBP £ 10 000
| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 1306569
Lot 106 | A WORLD MAP AND A SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF MECCA FROM THE KHARIDAT AL-AJA'IB OF IBN AL-WARDI (D.1348-9)
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
PROBABLY OTTOMAN TURKEY, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 4ff. in two bifolios, each folio with 15ll. black naskh, headings picked out in red, set within red double rules, one with a full-page colour map of the world with Europe and Byzantium in the lower right corner, Africa in the upper half and Asia in the lower left, the other with a diagram of the Haram in Mecca with the Kaaba and descriptions of the various mihrabs and their significance
Text panel 5 3/8 x 3 ¼in. (13.8 x 8.2cm.); folio 8 1/8 x 5 5/8in. (20.6 x 14.2cm.)
Provenance
Private German collection, by repute assembled in the 1950s-1980s, from whom purchased by the present owner
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
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| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Maps & Atlases, Books and manuscripts |
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
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| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Maps & Atlases, Books and manuscripts |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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