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Descriptions and illustrations of domestic and wild animals, birds, insects, marine animals, plants, stemless plants, and herbs. Sources include Dioscorides, Galen, and Ibn al-Bayṭār. The larger, encyclopedic work of which the text of this manuscript is a part, also includes cosmography, geography, history, and biography.
Support: paper; Extent: 195 leaves : 410 x 287 (308 x 195) mm. bound to 413 x 300 mm; Foliation: Paper, 195 + i; [1-7], 8-31, 31-104, 104-193; later foliation in ink, upper left recto.
Written in 27 long lines.
Written in clear naskh in black ink; pointed. Section headings in thuluth in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
584 watercolor miniatures of animals and plants; rubrications in red.
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Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Aleppo
Written in Aleppo, Syria, in 1710 by Jibrāyil ibn Mikhāyil al-Ḥamawī, known as Ibn Lubbād (f. 195r).
Leather, blind-stamped central mandorla and blind-tooled frame; spine repaired.
Arabic
Sold at auction at Christie's, 21 Oct. 2002, lot 59, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Aleppo
Written in Aleppo, Syria, in 1710 by Jibrāyil ibn Mikhāyil al-Ḥamawī, known as Ibn Lubbād (f. 195r).
Arabic
Sold at auction at Christie's, 21 Oct. 2002, lot 59, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Descriptions and illustrations of domestic and wild animals, birds, insects, marine animals, plants, stemless plants, and herbs. Sources include Dioscorides, Galen, and Ibn al-Bayṭār. The larger, encyclopedic work of which the text of this manuscript is a part, also includes cosmography, geography, history, and biography.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in clear naskh in black ink; pointed. Section headings in thuluth in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
584 watercolor miniatures of animals and plants; rubrications in red.
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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