Yazdī, al-Muṭahhar ibn Muḥammad, active 1184 يزدي، المطهر بن محمد، active 1184
Published / Created:
16--?]
Call Number:
Manuscript Persian 23
Image Count:
326
Alternative Title:
ʻAjāyib al-dunyā, Book of animals, plants and stones, ʻAjāʼib al-dunyā, عجايب الدنيا, and عجائب الدنيا
Description:
Digital version available;, Manuscript., Persian., and Copied in 11th/17th cent., in large taʻlīq; written surface measures 14x24 cm., 14 lines per page. Illuminated with detailed multicolored illustrations of animals, birds, plants, stones and humans. Mounted unto thin yellow paper. Worming affecting text is crudely patched. European linen binding is gilt stamped. Ref.: BMP p. 465b; Fonahn, Zur Quellenkunde, # 287. Printed Lucknow 1282/1865. Acquired: June, 1951.
Publisher:
s.n. and د.ن.،
Subject (Topic):
Natural history, Zoology, Botany, Precious stones, and Minerals
"Satire of a mineralogist, sitting on a rock to the left, smoking pipe, body parts made of different kinds of minerals."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Imperfect; imprint statement erased from sheet. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1919,0813.4., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: 1827.
Publisher:
Pubd. by C. Tilt, Fleet St. and Printed by G.E. Madeley
Subject (Topic):
Arcimboldesque figures, Pipes (Smoking), Minerals, and Scientists