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Persian manuscript on astronomy

MS.57

Spread of diagrams showing how the planetary epicycles can be embedded in an Aristotelian concentric sphere configuration. Author refers to this connection as al-Tusi.

47 unfoliated leaves, 18 cm H. Illustrated with twenty figures in red, five illuminated. Bound in late 18th or early 19th century soft red leather with borders rolled in gold.

ASTRONOMY -- Early works to 1800, ASTRONOMY, Persian -- Early works to 1800

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