Featuring over fifty lots of extremely rare texts from the 12th to the 19th century, the sale comprises a selection of manuscripts gathered by collector Georges Antaki over decades. Many were originally brought together in the library of the Syrian monk Paul Sbath (1887 - 1945), and cover a wide range of topics: religious texts of both Christian and Islamic interest, medicine, astrology, and popular fables.
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Lot 3
A MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPT Ottoman Empire, dated 973 AH (1565-66 AD)
Lot 6
KITAB AL MINHAJ: THE BOOK OF THE METHOD Mamluk Syria, dated Jumada al-Awwal 871 (1466-67 AD)
Lot 8
A MANUSCRIPT ON RELIGIOUS POETRY (DIWAN) Ottoman Lands, probably Levant, dated July 1701 AD
Lot 9
TWO ILLUMINATED QUR'AN SECTIONS: JUZ IV AND JUZ XXI Mamluk Syria or Egypt, 15th century
Lot 11
A TREATISE ON THE CELESTIAL VAULT Near East, 18th-19th Century
Lot 16
A MEDICAL TREATISE Syria, dated 10 August 1719 AD (1132 AH)
Lot 17
KITAB AL-BAYTARA: TREATISE ON HORSE MEDICINE Near East, Syria 12th-13th century
Lot 18
TADHKIRAT AL-KAHHALIN: MEMORANDUM FOR OCULISTS Ottoman Empire, 16th-17th century
Lot 23
AN ARABIC MANUSCRIPT ABOUT THE GREEK LITURGY Aleppo, Northern Syria, dated 18th July 1776 AD
Lot 25
A COMMENTARY BY STEPHAN MINUKIUS ON THE APOCALYPSE OF JOHN Syria or Lebanon, 1124 AH (1712 AD)
Lot 26
THE MIRACLES OF THE VIRGIN MARY, VOL. II Syria or Mount Lebanon, dated 1776 AD
Lot 27
THE FOUR GOSPELS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT Syria or Mount Lebanon, 18th-early 19th century
Lot 31
A BIBLICAL MANUSCRIPT Syria, dated (Byzantine Era) 7067-5509 AM, 965 AH / 1558 AD
Lot 36
MAQAMAT AL-HARIRI Ottoman Empire, Lebanon or Syria, early 18th century
Lot 37
A TREATISE ON ISLAMIC LITERATURE Probably Egypt, dated 438 AH (1046-47 AD)
Lot 39
THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS Ottoman Syria, dated 23 March 1816
Lot 42
SHARH AL-MISBAH: A COMMENTARY ON ARABIC GRAMMAR Near East, dated 805 AH (1402-03 AD)
Lot 44
A GRAMMATICAL COMMENTARY ON IBN AJARRUM'S AJURRUMIYYA Ottoman Syria, dated 1119 AH (1707 AD)
Lot 45
A TREATISE ON ARABIC LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR Ottoman Lands, possibly Syria, 17th century
Lot 47
AL-QAMUS AL-MUHIT WA’L QABAS AL-WASIT: ARABIC DICTIONARY Possibly Iran, 16th century
Lot 49
TWO SYRIAN MONASTIC BINDINGS Ottoman, Lebanon and Northern Syria, 17th to 18th century
Lot 50
A LONG SCROLL CONTAINING 13 LEGAL DOCUMENTS Ottoman Lands, probably Levant, 16th century