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Crows can be seen in these depictions of Cain burying Abel from an illuminated manuscript version of Stories of the Prophets
“In Turkey, they throw wheat grain on top of mountains when snow falls so that birds don’t die of hunger in the winter cold.”
Bird seed sellers next to a mosque in Istanbul
Modern Arabic Zoomorphic Calligraphy
al-Jazari’s “Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices: a Peacock Basin”, 1354
“The Kabūtarnāmah, an illustrated pigeon manual copied in 1788, here showing a training session and some different types of pigeon”
“The designs are miniature palaces that project from the exterior. Although prevalent throughout Turkish cities long ago, there are only a fraction of them left today.”
A story in Kalila wa Dimna, where different animals are used to convey a message of ‘learning to trust one another’
Traditional Arabian falconer
from 1224 an Arabic translation of the Materia medica by Dioscorides
From Kitāb al-Manāfi‘ al-Ḥayawān (The Book on the Usefulness of Animals) by Ibn Bakhtishu’
From the Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
“The Zodiac constellation of Pisces, the moon, and two registers of birds; reverse: text: verses of poem. Il-Khanid dynasty, Mongol period, 1341″
Zal, the albino, on the simurg. Shahnamah Firdaws (Book of Kings of Firdaws, The Royal Asiatic society, MS. 239).
Pigeon keeping was a “popular Mughal passtime”
Illustrations from Kitab Al Hayawan (Book of Animals, Ninth Century Basra) by African Arab comparative naturalist Abu Uthman al-Jahiz
Page from the Book of Animals by al-Jahiz
The Crocodile from The Book of Animals by al-Jahiz
Anatomy of the Horse in the 15th Century
Illustrations from Kitab al-Hayawan (Book of Animals) of al-Jahiz
Inspired Ibn Bakhtishu’s Manafi’ al-Hayawan (Book on Animals), dated 12th century. Captions appear in Persian language.
Victor and Cheek in Kalila wa-Dimna. Manuscript dated circa 1200 CE, Syria.
Illustration of the Crab in Kalila wa-Dimna. Syrian manuscript. Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, MS arabe 3465, folio 57
The trial of Dimna in Kalila wa-Dimna. Manuscript at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, Département des manuscrits orientaux
Kalila wa-Dimna in a dispersed manuscript preserved in Brooklyn Museum (accession number 71.48) dated between 1300 and 1350
Kalila wa-Dimna in a dispersed manuscript preserved in Brooklyn Museum (accession number 71.48) dated between 1300 and 1350
Illustration from a Kalila wa-Dimna, manuscript dated 1200–1220 CE.
Ibn al-Muqaffa‘s Kalila wa-Dimna in an Arabic manuscript dated 1354 CE
Kalila wa-Dimna, MS Revan 1022, Herat, 1430
Kalila wa-Dimna, MS Revan 1022, Herat, 1430
An Ottoman Miniature
Incense Burner, Afghanistan, Late 10th cent
Humour of “Salman of Sawa” or the cartoons from ‘Ubayd Zakani’s time. Illustration from a contemporary Mush va Gorbeh (Mouse and Cat) by ‘Ubayd Zakani (died ca. 1372 CE), “one of the most remarkable poets, satirists and social critics of Iran”
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