The Kitab nact al-hayawan (book on the characteristics of animals, BL, Or. 2784) and the #Ibn Bakhtishu'c' illustrated bestiaries

The purpose of this thesis is to examine an illustrated Medieval Arabic bestiary (British Library Or. 2784), and the so-called Ibn Bakhttshü bestiary tradition to which it belongs. Despite the fact that this bestiary tradition is one of the most important in Medieval Islam--and the richest in illust...

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Main Author: Contadini, Anna
Published: SOAS, University of London 1992
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245106