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English: Image of an open book, Al-Qazwīnī’s Ajā’īb al-makhlūqāt wa gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt, a Persian translation copied in 19th century India; the full page, fol. 24 b, shows a centaur hunting holding a sword, with tigers and a bird surrounding him; a partial page has Persian script. |
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| Source | Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. Images from the History of Medicine (IHM), http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/images/A109239. Also showcased in the book: Hidden Treasure (New York, NY: Blast Books, 2012), p. 79. HMD call number: MS P 2. |
| Author | Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, 1208 or 9-1283 or 4. ʻAjāyīb al-makhlūqāt va gharāyib al-mawjūdāt. |
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