(Q58066)
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ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt
عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات
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Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283
قزويني، زكريا بن محمد
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Illuminated title pages--Islamic countries
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Illuminated manuscripts--Islamic countries--18th century
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Miniatures (Illuminations)--Islamic countries
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Illuminations (visual works)--Islamic countries
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Encyclopedias--Islamic Empire--13th century
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Science, Medieval--Islamic Empire
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Botany--History--Islamic Empire--13th century--Sources
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Manuscripts, Arabic--New Jersey--Princeton
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Botany--Pictorial works--Specimens
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Cosmography--History--Islamic Empire--13th century--Sources
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Geography, Arab--History--13th century--Sources
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between 17--? and 18--?
18. century
19. century
1700
1899
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Extent: 140 leaves: paper ; 350 x 210 (305 x 165) mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from preamble (fol. 8a).
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Physical description: 15 lines per page. Written in medium large shikastah. The paper has been frame-ruled (also diagonally on the margins between the inner and outer frames).
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Decoration: Illuminated title page in gold and color (fol. 1a).
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Decoration: The ms. contains 116 small miniatures representing fruits and plants, including a plum tree (fol. 79a), a fig tree (fol. 84b), a banana tree (fol. 109b), tarragon (fol. 115a), etc.
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Typed catalog entry, with annotations in pencil, pasted on fol.1a, reading: "Sadruʼd-DinʼAli: Tibb-iʼ Adil Shāhi a Persian Medical Work dealing with the properties of drugs, written in Indian nastaʻliq within gold and coloured rules on 140 leaves, with illuminated sarlouh, and 116 small miniatures of medicinal plants. Above the sarlouh is the seal of Sultan Ibrahim ʼAdil Shah to whom the book...
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Origin: According to Moghadam, probably 18th century India.
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Seal of Ibrāhīm ʻĀdil Shāh on fol. 1a (probably not genuine according to Moghadam).
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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