Project / Collection: Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme / Subject: Zoology --Pre-Linnean works / Name: Aristotle, philosopher, 384 BC-322 BC - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Zoology --Pre-Linnean works Name Aristotle, philosopher, 384 BC-322 BC

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 2784
Title:: Kitāb na‘t al-ḥayawān كتاب نعت الحيوان
Scope & Content:: 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 (أرسطاطاليس; d. 322 BC) and Abū Sa‘īd ‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Jibrā’īl ibn ‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Bakhtīshū‘ ibn Jibrā’īl ibn Bakh...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 13th century
Extent:: Codex; ff. ii+258+iii

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