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Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of ʻAjāyib al-makhlūqāt va gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt by Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, ca. 1203-1283
Title: شگفتیهای آفریدگان و موجودات
The Persian version of the cosmographical treatise by Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Qazwīnī
Also contains part of 'Ain al-Haiyat by Muhammad Ibn Musa Kamal Ad-din Ad-damiri
Rubric: صد هزران صورت اندر قالب حسن و جمال ريختند اما ز تو مطبوع تر کم ريختند
Incipit: مقاله پنجم از جلد دوم از کتاب عجائب در بيان احوال حيوانات البرو البحر مشتمل است بر مقدمه و بيست و هشت باب
Final rubric: فصل در بيان احوال بحر هند
Explicit: بحر هند عظيم است
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 130ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 16.5 × 12 in.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
Collation
Layout
Hand(s)
Additions:
- marginalia Marginal notes in
- orthography
- paper
Binding
History
Origin: 18-19th century CE
Record Sources
Record based on Handlist held in University of St Andrews Library, Special Collections, with additional enhancements by the Fihrist team
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