Elephant / Iraq / al-Quazvini / Gouache, 1280

Zoology / Elephant. Elephant. Arabic miniature, Wasit Governorate, Iraq, 1280. From: Zakariya ibn Muhammad al-Qazvini (around 1200-1283), Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (The wonders of creatures and oddities of things). Gouache on paper, page format, 30.5 x 20.5cm. Cod. arab. 464. Munich, Bavarian State Library.

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