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Fox (Volpes vulpes; Volpes cana), tha'lab [top]; Ass (Equus hemionus), al-himâr [middle]; Deer (Dama dama mesopotamica), al-âbil [!] [bottom], fol. 77v
Wild acantha (Silybum syriacum) [top]; Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) [middle]; Tall rest-harrow (Ononis repens; Ononis antiquorum), anûnîs [n.p.] [bottom], fol. 127
Seahorse (Syngnathus hippocampus), îffûqâmfus [top]; Purple murex (Murex breandaris, etc.), farfîr [n.p.], i.e., al-halazûn al-arjuwânî. Two are shown [middle]; Whelk shell (Genera: Phos. Engina, Babylonia, Pisania), qîrfihûs [!n.p.] [bottom], fol. 70v
Medlar (Mespilus germanica), za'rûr [top]; Dogwood (Cornus mas), qarâniyâ [!] [bottom], fol. 64v
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
Sickle Spurge (Euphorbia falcata), fahfalûs [!] [top]; Petty Spurge, Hyssop Spurge (Euphorbia peplis), fahfalîs [!] [bottom], fol. 237
Locust (Schistocerca gregaria), jarâd [top]; Crested lark (Galerida cristata), qanâbir [upper middle]; Imperial heron (Ardea imperialis), mâlik hazîn [middle]; Martin (Riparia paludicola), khatâtîf (sing. khuttâf) [bottom], fol. 80v
Celtic nard (Valeriana celtica), al-sunbul al-rûmî [top right]; Monuntain nard (Valeriana tuberosa), sunbul jabalî [top left]; Wild spikenard (Asarum europaeum), asârûn [bottom], fol. 23
Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), qûlaghâlûn [!] [top]; Poet's Cassia (Osyris alba), ûsîrîs (Gr: osiris), i.e., halfâ [bottom], fol. 224v
Delphinus (al-Dalfîn) [top]; Equuleus (Qat'at al-Faras) [middle]; Pegasus (al-Faras al-A'[zam]) [bottom], f. 27v
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aja ib al makhluqat va ghara ib al mawjudat
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qazwini zakariya ibn muḥammad approximately 1203 1283 author
qazwini zakariya ibn muhammad approximately 1203 1283 author
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1540 - 1545
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