oulis2006-agv-0063-0

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Masterpieces of the non-Western book

filename:

oulis2006-agv0063

Folio or page:

fol. 25b

Caption:

Astrology: the children of the planets (1). Astrological - astronomical image. From a 15th-century Arabic collectaneous manuscript known as Kitab al-bulhan.

Detail (Materials and Techniques):

watercolour on paper

Detail (dimensions):

245 x 160 mm. (page)

Detail (date of creation):

15th century AD

Conditions of Access for Image:

By permission of The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

sort order:

120

Detail (style or culture of origin):

Arabic

Shelfmark:

MS. Bodl. Or. 133

Description:

Composite manuscript, dating principally from the late 14th century A.D., containing astrological, astronomical and divinatory texts compiled by Abd al-Hasan Al-Isfahani, with paintings of the constellations of the zodiac, of demons, illustrations of stories, and geomantic illustrations of the prophets, and a cryptographic inscription in 17th-century English hand. Fol. 81a is in Turkish.

Title:

Kitab al-Bulhān ... [etc.]

Type of Object:

Ms. codex

Material:

oriental paper

Number of leaves:

ff. vi ii 176 iv

Dimensions:

245 x 160 mm.

Layout:

Various page formats

Decoration:

Illustrations, miniatures

Date of Origin:

1390-1450

Country or culture of origin:

Arabic

Class:

illuminated manuscript

Class:

Arabic

Language:

Arabic

Catalogue Reference:

Stefano Carboni, Il Kitab al-bulhan di Oxford (Torino, 1988)

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