Main Title: 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (Walters, W.652)
Image Title: f. 91a: Poetry page with floral and arabesque embellishments 17658999

Title:: Main Title: 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (Walters, W.652)
Image Title: f. 91a: Poetry page with floral and arabesque embellishments 17658999
Alternative title:: 'Adja'ib al-makhlukat wa-ghara'ib al-mawdjudat
Marvels of things created
Marvels of creatures and Strange things existing
'Adaj'ib al-makhlukat
Wonders of Creation
Prodigies of things created and miraculous aspects of things existing
Oddities from the Creation
Book of Wonders
Creator:: al-Qazwini, b. Qazvin ca. 1203/600 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date:: 1613
Description:: 14 miniatures in early Safavid styleCulture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: paper
Type:: still image
manuscripts
Type (Narrower):: Manuscripts
Type (Broader):: Text
Subject:: animals
miniatures (paintings)
science
imaginary creatures
Geographic region:: Place of Production: Herat, Herat, Afghanistan
Extent:: 17.0 x 29.5 cm
Rights:: (CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
Identifier:: W633362_URN-3:FHCL:29633521
Is part of:: Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection

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