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Folio from a Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini
early 15th century
Iraq or Eastern Turkey
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Folio from a copy of Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa ghara'ib al-mawjudat (The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence) by Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (d.1283); recto: Signs of the Zodiac: Aries (al-Hamal), Taurus (al-Thawr); verso: Gemini (al-Taw'aman), Cancer (al-Saratan)
early 15th century
Iraq or Eastern Turkey
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Viper (Af'a'), from Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini
early 15th century
Iraq or Eastern Turkey
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Folio from a copy of Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa ghara'ib al-mawjudat (The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence) by Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (d.1283); recto: Constellation al-Dubb al-Akbar or Ursa Major (Greater Bear or Big Dipper), Draco (al-Tinnin); verso: Cepheus (Qifa'us), Bootes (al-'Awwa')
early 15th century
Iraq or Eastern Turkey
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The Traveler's Rescue by the Great Bird (al-Ta'ir al-Kabir), from Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini
early 15th century
Iraq or Eastern Turkey
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Elephant (Fil), from Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation), by al-Qazvini
early 15th century
Iraq or Eastern Turkey
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Folio from Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini; recto: Archangel Gabriel (Jabril); verso: Archangel Michael (Mikayyil)
early 15th century
Iraq or Eastern Turkey