MS 309 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Contents
Summary of Contents: A copy of ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt by Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, ca. 1203-1283
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: 373 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 255 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 210 × 105 mm.
Layout
The prose is framed by blue and red rulelines, 19 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Decoration
The text is accompanied by numerous paintings and illustrations.
History
Origin: 1217(the date is slightly smudged)
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchased from Dorothy Melenusky in 1921. Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam in 1921.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Francis Wormald and Phyllis M. Giles "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Additional Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum acquired between 1895 and 1979 (excluding the McClean Collection)", Cambridge University Press, 1982; with corrections and additions supplied by Marcus Fraser and Giorgia M. Maffioli Brigatti.
Availability
The manuscript can be consulted in the Graham Robertson Study room at The Fitzwilliam Museum, on an appointment only basis. To request an appointment, please email collections@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk citing the manuscript number.
Funding of Cataloguing
The Fitzwilliam Museum
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