Author
Jamal al-Din al-Tifashi, Aristotle
Publication Date
989 AH/AD 1581 (Ottoman)
Publication Place
Syria (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Islamic World, Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Folio H: 9 1/4 x W: 5 11/16 in. (23.5 x 14.5 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.589
Library Location
Not on view
Date
989 AH/AD 1581 (Ottoman)
Notes
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.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
The Cross and the Crescent: Books from the Ottoman Age. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
2003
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
