Ibn al-Wardī, Zayn al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar, -1349
Call Number:
Arabic MSS 576
Image Count:
438
Resource Type:
unspecified
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., and With: 2 other titles.
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283
Call Number:
Persian MSS +28
Image Count:
212
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Cosmography, translated from the Arabic into Persian
Alternative Title:
ʻAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt. Persian
Description:
Fairly modern (18th century?) nastaʻlīq, in red and black., ʻUnwān in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso; copious illustrations in colors., On fly-leaf: "D.D. Cunnighame.", and Islamic binding, covered with needlework, mostly eaten away.
