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Scholarship with books and instruments. The research team of fifteen science-minded men of Taqi al-Din b. Ma‘ruf, the famous late-16thcentury astronomer to the Ottoman Sultan, in his newly established Observatory in Istanbul. Classical <strong>Islamic</strong> instruments and modern Western equipment can be seen together in one image. At the background are bookshelves, with the Observatory’s library. The captions are given in Persian poetry. Source: MS Istanbul, University Library.
Illuminated title-page of Shawarid al-Amthal. Anonymous collection of proverbs. With illuminated ex-libris of the library of an Ayyubid prince (12th century CE). Text of the ex-libris: | شوارد الامثال بخزانه مولانا السلطان الملك الناصر صلاح الدنيا والدين ابى المظفر يوسف ابن الملك العزيز خلد الله ملكه ه | | | Source: MS Leiden, Or. 1073, f. 1a | | |
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