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The molted skin of a snake, salkh al-hayyah [top]; The sea hare (Genus Syphonota), arnab bahrî. The sea hare is said to resemble a cuttlefish but is represented as a rabbitlike creature...[middle]; Hare (Lepus timidus; L. capensis), arnab barrî [bottom], fol. 73v
Poterium (Astragalus creticus), fûtîrdiyûn [n.p.]* [top]; Arcanthium (Onopordum illyricum), al-shawkah al-yâhûdîyah [n.p.] [middle]; Spiny acanthus (Acanthus spinosus), aqânthûs [n.p] [bottom], fol. 126v
Sting ray (Dasyatis pastinaca), trûghûn [n.p.] The two specimens shown look like angels [top]; Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), sifiyâ [n.p.]. Three varieties are shown [middle left]; Mullet (Mullus barbatus), trîghlâ [n.p.] [middle right and bottom], fol. 74
Skink (Scincus officinalis), sqanqûr [top]; Earthworms (Super-family Lumbricoidea), al-dûd [middle]; Shrew mouse (Sorex species; Crocidura zarudnyi; Crocidura susiana), mûghâlî [bottom]; House mouse [bottom], fol. 82v
Crabs (Thelphusa species), saratânât. The one above is native to rivers, the one below to the sea [top]; Scorpion (Skorpios chersaios), aqrab [middle]; Saltwater fish, al-samakah al-bahrîyah [!]. Two varieties are shown [bottom], fol. 72v
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medicine arab
medicinal plants
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medicine greek and roman
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spencer collection
fi hayula al tibb
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thelphusa species
skorpios chersaios
saltwater fish
al samakah al bahriyah
two varieties
ḥunayn ibn isḥaq al ibadi 809 873 translator
mihran ibn mansur ibn mihran fl 12 th cent translator
mirza baqir fl 19th c calligrapher
mirza baqir fl 19th c artist
dioscorides pedanius of anazarbos author
naṣir al din shah shah of iran 1831 1896 patron
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