The Jami‘ al-Mabadi’ wa’l-Ghayat of al-Marrakushi

Location: Iran or India

Materials: ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper; leather binding with flap

Dimensions: 266 folios; 30.8 x 19.2cm

Accession Number: MSS 358

Other Notes:

Abu ‘Ali al-Hasan al-Marrakushi’s treatise, compiled circa 680 AH (1281–2 AD) in Cairo, is the most important written source for medieval Islamic astronomical instruments and includes discussions of sundials, armillary spheres, astrolabes and quadrants for determining time from solar altitude. 

Script:

copied in naskh script; 28 lines to the page

Bibliography:

F. Maddison & E. Savage-Smith, Science, Tools & Magic, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume XII, Part One, London 1997, cat.118, pp.190–2, 200.
J.M. Rogers, The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London 2010, cat.368, p.311.