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[Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣār]. [The paths of vision in the kingdoms of the cities].
( مسالك الابصار في ممالك الامصار)

Title	[Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣār]. [The paths of vision in the kingdoms of the cities].
Title Original	مسالك الابصار في ممالك الامصار
Author	Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʻUmarī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1301-1349.
Publication Date:	1710
Subject	Zoology., Botany., Botany--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800., Zoology--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800., Botany--Pre-Linnean works., Zoology--Pre-Linnean works.
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	195 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 410 x 287 (308 x 195) mm bound to 413 x 300 mm
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	793013777
Record ID	9949211133503681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date	1710
Notes	Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Foliation: Paper, 195 + i; [1-7], 8-31, 31-104, 104-193; later foliation in ink, upper left recto., Layout: Written in 27 long lines., Script: Written in clear naskh in black ink; pointed. Section headings in thuluth in black ink; pointed, vocalized., Decoration: 584 watercolor miniatures of animals and plants; rubrications in red., Binding: Leather, blind-stamped central mandorla and blind-tooled frame; spine repaired., Origin: Written in Aleppo, Syria, in 1710 by Jibrāyil ibn Mikhāyil al-Ḥamawī, known as Ibn Lubbād (f. 195r). \| Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. \| Arabic. \| Sold at auction at Christie's, 21 Oct. 2002, lot 59, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016. \| Access to this item is subject to staff review.
Sample Text	Descriptions and illustrations of domestic and wild animals, birds, insects, marine animals, plants, stemless plants, and herbs. Sources include Dioscorides, Galen, and Ibn al-Bayṭār. The larger, encyclopedic work of which the text of this manuscript is a part, also includes cosmography, geography, history, and biography.
Atıf Şekli	UPenn LJS 447.
Atıf Yapılan	Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 138-139 (LJS 447).
Tür	Pictorial works., Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, 18th century., Manuscripts, Renaissance., codices (bound manuscripts), herbals (reference sources), watercolors (paintings), Illustrated works.

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[Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣār]. [The paths of vision in the kingdoms of the cities].

( مسالك الابصار في ممالك الامصار)

Author Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʻUmarī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1301-1349.

Publication Date 1710

Subject Zoology., Botany., Botany--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800., Zoology--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800., Botany--Pre-Linnean works., Zoology--Pre-Linnean works.

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 195 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 410 x 287 (308 x 195) mm bound to 413 x 300 mm

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 793013777

Record ID 9949211133503681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Date 1710

Notes Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Foliation: Paper, 195 + i; [1-7], 8-31, 31-104, 104-193; later foliation in ink, upper left recto., Layout: Written in 27 long lines., Script: Written in clear naskh in black ink; pointed. Section headings in thuluth in black ink; pointed, vocalized., Decoration: 584 watercolor miniatures of animals and plants; rubrications in red., Binding: Leather, blind-stamped central mandorla and blind-tooled frame; spine repaired., Origin: Written in Aleppo, Syria, in 1710 by Jibrāyil ibn Mikhāyil al-Ḥamawī, known as Ibn Lubbād (f. 195r). | Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. | Arabic. | Sold at auction at Christie's, 21 Oct. 2002, lot 59, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016. | Access to this item is subject to staff review.

Sample Text Descriptions and illustrations of domestic and wild animals, birds, insects, marine animals, plants, stemless plants, and herbs. Sources include Dioscorides, Galen, and Ibn al-Bayṭār. The larger, encyclopedic work of which the text of this manuscript is a part, also includes cosmography, geography, history, and biography.

Atıf Şekli UPenn LJS 447.

Atıf Yapılan Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 138-139 (LJS 447).

Tür Pictorial works., Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, 18th century., Manuscripts, Renaissance., codices (bound manuscripts), herbals (reference sources), watercolors (paintings), Illustrated works.