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Source Description
Walters manuscript W.589 is a codex containing 2 short works on precious stones ascribed to Jamal al-Din al-Tifashi and Aristotle. The piece attributed to Aristotle is likely to be a paraphrase or extract from that author's Liber mineralium (or Lapidarius). This anonymous Ottoman copy was penned in 989 AH/AD 1581, possibly in Syria.
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33834
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Two Works on Precious Stones
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Two Works on Precious Stones
description
Walters manuscript W.589 is a codex containing 2 short works on precious stones ascribed to Jamal al-Din al-Tifashi and Aristotle. The piece attributed to Aristotle is likely to be a paraphrase or extract from that author's Liber mineralium (or Lapidarius). This anonymous Ottoman copy was penned in 989 AH/AD 1581, possibly in Syria.
provenance
Grand Vizier 'Ali Pasha (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [erased waqf seal with shelf mark 1830 or 8830 on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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989 AH/AD 1581 (Ottoman)
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illuminated manuscripts
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cm
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23.5
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14.5
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Folio H: 9 1/4 x W: 5 11/16 in. (23.5 x 14.5 cm)
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Islamic
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Ottoman Dynasty
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