ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt (DS13662) (Q58069)
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- ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt
- عجائب المخلوقات
- عجايب المخلوقات وغرايب الموجودات
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Princeton University (9955765013506421, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 82G, https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9955765013506421) |
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ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt
عجايب المخلوقات وغرايب الموجودات
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Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283
قزويني، زكريا بن محمد
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Encyclopedias--Islamic Empire--13th century
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Illuminated manuscripts--Islamic countries--18th century
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Manuscripts, Persian--18th century
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Miniatures (Illuminations)--Islamic countries--18th century
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Zoology--Pre-Linnean works--Islamic empire
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Cosmography--History--Islamic empire--13th century--Sources
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Manuscripts, Persian--New Jersey--Princeton
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Science, Medieval--Islamic empire
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Geography, Arab--History--13th century--Sources
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17--?
18. century
1700
1799
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Extent: 244 leaves: paper, col. ill. ; 340 X 240 (268 x 150) mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from fol. 3a.
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Physical description: 20 lines to the page ; written in nastaʻlīq, in black ink with use of red. Cream paper, glossy, with laid lines and fiber visible. Margins of most leaves repaired. The text is framed within a medium large gold line outlined in black, with a blue outline on the outer edge (faded on several leaves). The miniatures are framed in one medium large gold line outline in black...
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Decoration: Illuminated title page executed in opaque watercolors, ink, and gilt (fol. 1a); margins of fol. 1b-2a decorated with flowers in gold. The same floral motif appears on the sides of the colophon (fol. 240a).
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Decoration: Contains 165 miniatures in opaque watercolors and ink, representing planets (fol. 14b-18b), constellations such as Cassiopea (fol. 21b), inhabitants of exotic and fabulous islands, such as the inhabitants of Sumatra (fol. 56b) and of Wāqwāq (fol. 56b), fabulous animals, and monsters (see fol. 9b, 69b, 189b), Archangels (fol. 32b-34a), and various plants (fol. 107b on) and animals...
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Decoration: Contains diagrams in gold and red.
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Origin: The copy (or the text?) is dated Ṣafar 895 [1489] or 865 [1460] and signed ʻAbd Allāh son of ʻAlī Bey Damāvandī in the colophon (fol. 240a). According to Moghadam, illustrations and binding probably from 18th century India.
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Ownership statement after the colophon, in the name of Sayyid Ibrāhīm Ḥusayn ibn al-Sayyid al-Muẓaffar(?), with illegible seal. The same name appears in an ownership statement on fol. 240b, along with several others, some obliterated, one dated Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1238 [Nov.-Dec. 1822]. Small turquoise seal on the upper outer corner of the same leaf. Stamp with the inscription: "Douane centrale...
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Several ownership statements, the oldest bearing the date 1168 H.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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