Bidders keep eyes on the prize

Bearing a title that translates as ‘The Book of Correction of Optics for those who have Sight and Mind’, an early 14th century Arabic manuscript made a much higher than expected £450,000 during the recent Islamic week of sales in London.

Part of a Sotheby’s (25/20/12.9% buyer’s premium) sale of April 25, dated 708AH/1309AD and running…

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