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According to Plato a shepherd watching his cattles saw a hole in the ground and in it was a golden horse that contained the body of a man. The shepherd took a ring from the body that made him invisible. The illustration shows the removal of the ring, f. 287

Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Date: 1540
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Mountains | Birds | Animals | Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
Library: New York Public Library Digital
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A rhinoceros regarded by four monsters with the bodies of men and the heads of beasts [...] on Jazîrat Atvâr [top]; Three white men swimming in the Greek Sea (Bahr Yûnân) [middle]; Three men swimming in the Bahr Yûnân, whose waters have turned them black, f. 77

Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Date: 1540
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Mountains | Birds | Animals | Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
Library: New York Public Library Digital
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God ordered Noah to build an ark shaped like a bird. The illustration shows a black boat shaped like a bird with a wooden mast and a sail [top]; A square with three concentric designs representing a square with sides 10-gaz long enclosed by trees [bottom], f. 260v

Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Date: 1540
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Mountains | Birds | Animals | Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
Library: New York Public Library Digital
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Tasrih-i Mansuri, fol. 26 v

Author: Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, active 14th century(Author)
Date: 1675
Publication Place: Persia?
Subject: Manuscripts, Persian | Anatomy
Language: Persian
Type: Book
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Store of secrets

Author: Haydar Tilbe, active 14th century-15th century(Author) | Sultan 'Ali Ya'qubi, active 15th century(Artist)
Date: 1478
Subject:
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
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Tasrih-i Mansuri. Front endpaper

Author: Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, active 14th century(Author)
Date: 1675
Publication Place: Persia?
Subject: Manuscripts, Persian | Anatomy
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
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Water horse (faras al-mâ'), f. 100v

Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Date: 1540
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Mountains | Birds | Animals | Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
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Sumac (sumâq), f. 166

Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Date: 1540
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Mountains | Birds | Animals | Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
Library: New York Public Library Digital
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Diver (ghavvâs), f. 352

Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Date: 1540
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Mountains | Birds | Animals | Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
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Tazhâv attacks Bahrâm.

Author: Firdawsî(Author)
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Document
Library: New York Public Library Digital
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There is a minaret on the Island of Manârah made of stone from which is suspended an effigy of a hanging man made of gold [top]; Nine of the 130 species of birds that inhabit the island of Bilîs as described by Abû Hâmîd Andalusî [bottom], f. 93

Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Date: 1540
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Mountains | Birds | Animals | Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
Library: New York Public Library Digital
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Mount Mûrjân, in Fârs province, Persia, f. 119

Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Date: 1540
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Mountains | Birds | Animals | Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
Library: New York Public Library Digital
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Tasrih-i Mansuri, fol. 41 v

Author: Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, active 14th century(Author)
Date: 1675
Publication Place: Persia?
Subject: Manuscripts, Persian | Anatomy
Language: Persian
Type: Book
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Shâhnâmah [Text Page]

Author: Firdawsî(Author)
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Book
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Fatty-tailed sheep (hanân), f. 364

Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Date: 1540
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Mountains | Birds | Animals | Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
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Ursa Minor (al-Dubb al-Asghar), f. 24

Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Date: 1540
Publication Place: Shiraz?
Subject: Mountains | Birds | Animals | Manuscripts, Persian | Northern Hemisphere | Constellations
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
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Elephant [ball]; Monkey (qird) [bottom], f. 332 v

Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Date: 1540
Publication Place: Shiraz?
Subject: Mountains | Birds | Animals | Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
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Spine

Publication Place: Qazvîn?
Subject:
Language: Persian
Type: Book
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Plum tree (ijjâs), f. 156

Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Date: 1540
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Mountains | Birds | Animals | Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
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The orbit of Mars (Mirrîkh), f. 21

Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283(Author)
Date: 1540
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Mountains | Birds | Animals | Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Picture
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Tasrih-i Mansuri, fol. 24 v

Author: Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, active 14th century(Author)
Date: 1675
Publication Place: Persia?
Subject: Manuscripts, Persian | Anatomy
Language: Persian
Type: Book
Library: New York Public Library Digital
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Shâhnâmah [Text Page]

Author: Firdawsî(Author)
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Book
Library: New York Public Library Digital
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Tasrih-i Mansuri, fol. 32

Author: Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, active 14th century(Author)
Date: 1675
Publication Place: Persia?
Subject: Manuscripts, Persian | Anatomy
Language: Persian
Type: Book
Library: New York Public Library Digital
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Tasrih-i Mansuri, fol. 36

Author: Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, active 14th century(Author)
Date: 1675
Publication Place: Persia?
Subject: Manuscripts, Persian | Anatomy
Language: Persian
Type: Book
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Illuminated chapter heading.

Author: Firdawsî(Author)
Publication Place: Shîrâz?
Subject: Manuscripts, Persian
Language: Persian
Type: Document
Library: New York Public Library Digital
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