Riding an elephant on fol. 15r of LJS 447, Volumes 20-22 of Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣ
Riding an elephant on fol. 15r of LJS 447, Volumes 20-22 of Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣār, by Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʻUmarī. This book contains descriptions and illustrations of domestic and wild animals, birds, insects, marine animals, plants, stemless plants, and herbs, possibly copied from European prints. Sources include Dioscorides, Galen, and Ibn al-Baytar. The larger, encyclopedic work of which the text of this manuscript is a part, whose title in English is Voyages of the eyes in the kingdoms of the main cities, also includes cosmography, geography, history, and biography. According to an inscription on fol. 195r, this copy was written in Aleppo, Syria, in 1710Manuscript description and digital images: http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/LJSchoenbergManuscripts/html/ljs447.html -- source link
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