[Kharīdat al-ʻajāʾib wa-farīdat al-gharāʾib] / [15--?].

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Title: [Kharīdat al-ʻajāʾib wa-farīdat al-gharāʾib] / [15--?].
Creator: Ibn al-Wardī, Zayn al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar, -1349
Abstract: Manual of cosmography
Description: Title from: Brockelmann, II, 131. In manuscript on title page: ʻAjāʾib-i makhlūqāt.
Fair naskhī, in red and black; ʻunwān in gold and blue on leaf 10 verso. Leaves 10-13 with gold rectangular borders. Rubricated.
Illustrated with a map of the world related to the group known as the "Seven Seas" maps, and a chart giving the qiblah to Mecca (leaf 12 verso).
Islamic binding, in contemporary brown calf.
With: 2 other titles.
Provenance: Gift of Thomas E. Marston, Yale '27, in honor of Alexander O. Vietor, Yale '36, in November 1978.
Extent: Leaves 10-228 ; 24 x 14 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Arabic

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