Kitāb na‘t al-ḥayawān Book of describing animals
( كتاب نعت الحيوان)

Name: Kitāb na‘t al-ḥayawān Book of describing animals
Author: Aristotle

Title	Kitāb na‘t al-ḥayawān Book of describing animals
Title Original	كتاب نعت الحيوان
Author	Aristotle
Publication Date:	13th century (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Place	Baghdad? -
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	1
Physical Dimensions	235 x 160 mm
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	Or 2784
Record ID	vdc_100023556967.0x000001
Library Location	British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date	13th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	Bestiary describing the characteristics and medical uses of a large number of animals. The anonymous compiler of the work (see f. 95r) claims it is based on writings by Aristotle (Aristotle; d. 322 BC) and Abū Sa‘īd ‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Jibrā’īl ibn ‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Bakhtīshū’ ibn Jibrā’īl ibn Bakhtīshū‘ ibn Jūrjis ibn Jibrā’īl (Abu Sa’id Ubayd Allah ibn Gabriel ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Bakhtishu ibn Gabriel ibn Bakhtishu ibn Jurjis ibn Gabriel; d. ca 1058). The text contains eighty-six illustrations of very high artistic quality. The present order of the folios is faulty, and the text is defective at the beginning and end. A complete reconstruction of their order along with a description of all illustrations can be found in Contadini, A World of Beasts (Leiden: Brill, 2011) pp. 25-37 and 167-69. Begins (ff. 4v, line 2-5r, line 1): Partridge called It is the conquest One of the wonders of the partridge is that... A pest infected his egg... Ends (f. 258v, lines 7-9): ...and if The river leech was dried, crushed with honey, and applied to the penis At the time of intercourse, the woman felt great pleasure
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları	Rieu, Charles, Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts (London: The British Museum, 1894), Item 778, pp. 531-32
Edinme Kaynağı	Purchased from Adolf Tintner of Pera, 14 June 1884
Köken	Muḥammad Ḥasan walad Ḥājjī ‘Abd Allāh (محمد حسن ولد حجي عبد الله): his inscription (in Persian), dated Sha‘bān 1272/April-May 1856 (f. 1r); Muḥammad Riḍā (محمد رضا): his seal, dated 1228/1813 (f. 1r); Semi-legible seal (f. 257v).
Seçilmiş kaynakça	Study: Contadini, Anna, A World of Beasts: a thirteenth-century illustrated Arabic book on animals (the Kitāb Na't al-Ḥayawān) in the Ibn Bakhtīshū' tradition (Leiden: Brill, 2011)

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Kitāb na‘t al-ḥayawān Book of describing animals

( كتاب نعت الحيوان)

Author Aristotle

Publication Date 13th century (CE, Gregorian)

Publication Place Baghdad? -

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 1

Physical Dimensions 235 x 160 mm

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID Or 2784

Record ID vdc_100023556967.0x000001

Library Location British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Date 13th century (CE, Gregorian)

Notes Bestiary describing the characteristics and medical uses of a large number of animals. The anonymous compiler of the work (see f. 95r) claims it is based on writings by Aristotle (Aristotle; d. 322 BC) and Abū Sa‘īd ‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Jibrā’īl ibn ‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Bakhtīshū’ ibn Jibrā’īl ibn Bakhtīshū‘ ibn Jūrjis ibn Jibrā’īl (Abu Sa’id Ubayd Allah ibn Gabriel ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Bakhtishu ibn Gabriel ibn Bakhtishu ibn Jurjis ibn Gabriel; d. ca 1058). The text contains eighty-six illustrations of very high artistic quality. The present order of the folios is faulty, and the text is defective at the beginning and end. A complete reconstruction of their order along with a description of all illustrations can be found in Contadini, A World of Beasts (Leiden: Brill, 2011) pp. 25-37 and 167-69. Begins (ff. 4v, line 2-5r, line 1): Partridge called It is the conquest One of the wonders of the partridge is that... A pest infected his egg... Ends (f. 258v, lines 7-9): ...and if The river leech was dried, crushed with honey, and applied to the penis At the time of intercourse, the woman felt great pleasure

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Bulma Yardımcıları Rieu, Charles, Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts (London: The British Museum, 1894), Item 778, pp. 531-32

Edinme Kaynağı Purchased from Adolf Tintner of Pera, 14 June 1884

Köken Muḥammad Ḥasan walad Ḥājjī ‘Abd Allāh (محمد حسن ولد حجي عبد الله): his inscription (in Persian), dated Sha‘bān 1272/April-May 1856 (f. 1r); Muḥammad Riḍā (محمد رضا): his seal, dated 1228/1813 (f. 1r); Semi-legible seal (f. 257v).

Seçilmiş kaynakça Study: Contadini, Anna, A World of Beasts: a thirteenth-century illustrated Arabic book on animals (the Kitāb Na't al-Ḥayawān) in the Ibn Bakhtīshū' tradition (Leiden: Brill, 2011)