[Kitāb al-ḥayawān]

By

Damīrī, Muḥammad Ibn Mūsá, 1341?-1405 , Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrá
Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942 , former owner

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

[between 1550 and 1650]

Notes

Manuscript. codex.

Beginning and end missing, name of the author and composition date are not known.

Zoological treatise, with descriptions of animals arranged in alphabetical order.

25 lines per page, Persian naskh/ nasta'alīq in black ink with use of red. Laid oriental paper, Catchwords on the verso of each leaf.

Rubricated, some marginal notes, lacunae caused by repairs.

Badly wormed; some leaves are restored.

Most likely copied at the end of XVI or beginning or XVII centuries,

Most likely the text is extracted from Damīri'̄s Kitāb Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrā.

In Arabic.

Gacek, Adam. Arabic manuscripts in the libraries of the McGill University, | 101

Subjects

15th century , Islamic Empire , Manuscripts, Arabic , Montréal , Pre-Linnean works , Québec , Québec (Province) , Science, Medieval , Zoology

Language

Arabic