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| Keywords: Jamal al-Din al-Tifashi - Two Works on Precious Stones - Walters W589 - Closed Top View A.jpg 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 islamic 1581 989 Ottoman ink pigments laid paper covered with red goatskin with brown goatskin and gold doublures Folio cm 23 5 14 5 accession number W 589 33834 Grand Vizier 'Ali Pasha date and mode of acquisition unknown erased waqf seal with shelf mark 1830 or 8830 on fol 1a Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters The Cross and the Crescent Books from the Ottoman Age The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2003 place of origin Syria Walters Art Museum license 3D Islamic manuscripts in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
