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Hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha), ûlsâqâniyyûn [!] [top] right]; Dog's bush (Rosa canina), 'ullayq al-kalb [top left]; Henna shrub (Lawsonia inermis), shajarat al-hinnâ [bottom], fol. 51
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
Athena in a naiskos flanked by Castor and Polydeuces (upper left and right) and either Hilaira and Phoibe, or Herse and Agraulos (bottom left and right)
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
Pale Bugloss (Echium italicum), lûqâfsûs [n.p.] [right]; Buglos (Echium vulgare), hîkûn [!] , also translated as al-âsiyûn [left], fol. 186
Tamarisk tree (Tamarix gallica; Myrrhis odorata), shajar al-tarfâ'. Two varieties are shown [top]; Erica (Erica herbacea/arborea), harîqî. Two varieties are shown [bottom], fol. 49v
Little Stonecrop (Sedum ochroleucum), hayy al-'âlam al-asghar [top]; Unlabeled but probably Starry Stonecrop (Sedum stellatum) [margin]; Lady's Navel, [etc.] (Umbilicus rupestris), qûtûlîdûna [!] [b.r.]; Sawtooth Helleborine (Epipactis latifolia) [b. left], fol. 209
Zebra Indica, Indianisck Maulthier; Equus Indicus, Indianisck Pferd; Equus Hirfutus, Rauh Pferd.
In the outer margin are two bowls of two salted fish, one bowl resting on a latticed stand [top]; Also in the outer margin are fourteen bugs, fisfis [center]; Millipedes, al-kharâtîn. Kharâtîn actually means carthworm ... [bottom], fol. 76v
Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus; Hemiechinus auritus; Paraechinus hypomelas), al-qanâfidh. Two "sea hedgehogs" (al-qanâfidh al-bahrîyah) are shown on the right and two "land hedgehogs" (al-qanâfidh al-barrîyah) on the left, fol. 70
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Public domain photo of botanical artwork, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
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medicine arab
medicinal plants
botany medical
medicine greek and roman
manuscripts
illustrations
botanical illustrations
spencer collection
fi hayula al tibb
arabic
sea hedgehogs
land hedgehogs
al qanafidh al bahriyah
al qanafidh al barriyah
hedgehogs
al qanafidh
erinaceus europaeus
hemiechinus auritus
paraechinus hypomelas
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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new york public library
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Date
1889 - 1890
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