Or 13255 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Three untitled, anonymous and Illustrated texts concerning elephants and other quadrupeds
1. f 1v-7r
Title: رسالۀ کرسینامۀ مهاوتگری
Lore concerning elephants and mahouts, in the form of questions and answers
The text is only attributed to the author, who according to the text was a mahout during the time of the Prophet Noah (Biblical figure)
Illustrated
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 33.
2. ff 7v-66v
Title: Risālah-ʼi muʻāljāt-i afyāl
Title: رسالۀ معالجات أفیال
Remedies for various aliments and diseases in elephants
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 33.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 72 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 23 × 14 cm.
Decoration
Illustrated
History
Origin: 12th or 13th cenury AH ; Kashmir
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on M. I. Waley: Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. London, 1998 and G.M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. Oxford, 1968
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