Hādhā Kitāb ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt / (DS13500) (Q57583)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Princeton University (9969598393506421, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 426L, https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9969598393506421)
- ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt
- عجائب المخلوقات
- هذا کتاب عجائب المخلوقات /
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| English | Hādhā Kitāb ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt / (DS13500) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Princeton University (9969598393506421, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 426L, https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9969598393506421) |
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Hādhā Kitāb ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt /
هذا کتاب عجائب المخلوقات /
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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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Science, Medieval--Islamic Empire
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Botany--History--Islamic empire--13th century--Sources
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Cosmography--History--Islamic Empire--13th century--Sources
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Zoology--Pre-Linnean works--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: i, 185 leaves: paper ; 306 x 207 (210 x 117) mm. bound to 310 x 210 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from fol. 1a.
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On front cover: Label reading "ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūq[āt]" in Arabic script; and label reading "No. 1 MR" in Western script.
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Erroneously foliated beginning on front flyleaf. Record follows erroneous foliation.
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Physical description: 24-25 lines per page; written in casual nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and occasional catchwords. Original leaves have been pasted onto new frames of white laid European paper, with borders of red and dark blue. Some damp-staining and smudging. Numerous paper repairs and some loss of text where paper has been damaged; in some places the...
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Decoration: The ms. contains 408 small miniatures, some of which are damaged.
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Origin: According to colophon, written in a different hand on fol. 186b, this copy was completed on 24 Muḥarram 994 H [15 January 1586]; however this date is spurious as the paper is of much later date, likely 18th century.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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