Historical Bibliography Updated: February 17, 2020
A world of beasts: A thirteenth-century illustrated Arabic book on animals (the Kitāb Na't al-Hayawān) in the Ibn Bakhtīshū' Tradition.
Publication Details
Leiden: Brill, 2011 CE.
Bakhtshooa Gondishapoori (also spelled Bukhtishu and Bukht-Yishu in literature) were Persian or Assyrian Nestorian Christian physicians from the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries, spanning 6 generations and 250 years. The Kitāb Na't al-Hayawān (British Library Or. 2784) is the earliest of extant illustrated Arab and Persian manuscripts on animals.
Thematic Classifications
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| Entry Number | #7100 |
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Geographic Context
Publication place: Leiden