Risale-i kürre-i suri-i ufkî beyanı zat-ul kürsî'üddânî [Statement of the length of the horizon line of the celestial sphere and the statement of the earth sphere below]

Naskhī, title illuminated. Illustrations.
Unfinished copy without colophon.
Probably second half of the 18th or early 19th century.
22 leaves at 17 lines 
23,3 x 16.5 cm

Order No.: MSS_152
Status: available
Price: 3 200 € (excl. VAT)

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Beautiful Ottoman-style leather binding with decorative stamps

Astronomical text by an unidentified author. Special focus the topic “armillary sphere” (ẕāt-i kürsī-i ṣanāʿī).

The images – e.g., the perspective view – show very likely an impact of Müteferrika’s Cihānnümā or European astronomical illustration. Probably second half of the 18th or early 19th century.