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Subject Zoology --Pre-Linnean works

1. Add MS 21102

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 21102
Title:
Ṭabā’i‘ al-ḥayawān طبائع الحيوان Marwazī, Sharaf al-Zamān Ṭāhir مروزي، شرف الزمان طاهر
Scope & Content:
Treatise on zoology in five chapters (مقالات) by Sharaf al-Zamān Ṭāhir al-Marwazī (شرف الزمان طاهر المروزي; fl. 1056-1125). Collation with the two other known copies of this text (British Library, Delhi Arabic 1949 and UCLA, MS Ar. 52) shows that this copy contains a portion of chapter one (ends...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. xxviii+209+iv

2. Delhi Arabic 1949

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1949
Title:
Ṭabā’i‘ al-ḥayawān طبائع الحيوان Marwazī, Sharaf al-Zamān Ṭāhir مروزي، شرف الزمان طاهر
Scope & Content:
Treatise on zoology in five chapters (مقالات) by Sharaf al-Zamān Ṭāhir al-Marwazī (شرف الزمان طاهر المروزي; fl. 1056-1125). It is likely that this copy was transcribed by a student of al-Marwazī, during the author's lifetime (see the scribal aside at f. 214v, lines 18-19). This copy contains Ch...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. iii+217+ii

3. Or 2784

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

4. Or 8254

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8254
Title:
Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ رسائل إخوان الصفاء Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ إخوان الصفاء
Scope & Content:
The second volume (المجلد الثاني, probably of an original three) of the well-known Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (رسائل إخوان الصفاء, Epistles of the Brethren of Purity), compiled by an anonymous group calling themselves Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ wa Khullān al-Wafāʾ ( إخوان الصفاء وخلان الوفاء, Brethren of Puri...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
644
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+279+i

5. Or 10885

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 10885
Title:
Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-wusṭá كتاب حياة الحيوان الوسطى Damīrī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsá دميري، محمد بن موسى
Scope & Content:
Intermediate recension (وسطى) of a zoological encyclopedia by Kamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Mūsá al-Damīrī (كمال الدين محمد بن موسى الدميري, d. 1405). The work, arranged in alphabetical order, deals not only with strictly zoological material, but also with lexical and legal considerations of animals...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
10 Shawwāl 821
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+225+i