Arab Roots of Gemology: Ahmad Ibn Yusuf Al Tifaschi's Best Thoughts on the Best of Stones by Abul Huda, Samir Najm

Arab Roots of Gemology: Ahmad Ibn Yusuf Al Tifaschi's Best Thoughts on the Best of Stones (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780810832947)

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Arab Roots of Gemology: Ahmad Ibn Yusuf Al Tifaschi's Best Thoughts on the Best of Stones by Abul Huda, Samir Najm

Arab Roots of Gemology: Ahmad Ibn Yusuf Al Tifaschi's Best Thoughts on the Best of Stones

$135.00
Arab Roots of Gemology: Ahmad Ibn Yusuf Al Tifaschi's Best Thoughts on the Best of Stones by Abul Huda, Samir Najm

Arab Roots of Gemology: Ahmad Ibn Yusuf Al Tifaschi's Best Thoughts on the Best of Stones

$135.00
Format: Hardcover
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Samar Najm Abul Huda's translation of Ahmad ibn Yusuf al Tifaschi's study of gems. Born in 1184, Al Tifaschi first learned about gems from his father, and augmented his knowledge through readings of Aristotle, Theophrastus, and Pliny, as well as through extensive travels to mines and trading centers. In 1253, he wrote what later became known as the most 'methodical and complete' work on precious stones. Gemologists of today are still astounded by the advanced observations that Al Tifaschi made in this work.

Author: Samir Najm Abul Huda
ISBN-10: 0810832941
ISBN-13: 9780810832947
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Language: English
Published: 12/11/1997
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.76h x 5.62w x 0.86d
By Samir Najm Abul Huda
By Samir Najm Abul Huda
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Samar Najm Abul Huda is a specialist in the translation of medieval Arabic works on gemology, and is currently researching Arab lapidaries of the 8th through the 14th centuries.

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