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Manuscript of the 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) of Qazwini, with 253 paintings
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The manuscript (an encyclopedia of natural history) consists of 275 folios, two of which appear to be missing (95 and 96). The three beginning endpapers and two end endpapers have been included in the folio numbering.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Philip Hofer (1898-1984) Cambridge MA (by 1984) gift; to Fogg Museum of Art 1984.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Philip Hofer in memory of Eric Schroeder
Title: Manuscript of the 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) of Qazwini, with 253 paintings
Description:
The manuscript (an encyclopedia of natural history) consists of 275 folios, two of which appear to be missing (95 and 96).
The three beginning endpapers and two end endpapers have been included in the folio numbering.
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