Folio from an Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa gharaib al-mawjudat (Wonders of creation and oddities of existence) by al-Qazvini (died 1283); recto: A man by the edge of a stream; verso: text

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Detached folio from a dispersed copy of 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa-ghara'ib al-mawjudat (Wonders of creation and oddities of existence) by al-Qazvini; text: Persian in black and red nasta'liq script; recto: illustration and text: A man by the edge of a stream; verso: text, twenty-two lines; one of a group of two folios.
Origin

Qazvin, Iran
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Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Type

Manuscript
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