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Jesus surrounded by symbols of the four Evangelists

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Manasses in the Brazen Bull, fol. 395v

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New Heaven and the New Earth - Public domain dedication image

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Miniature of Cancer, with text, catchword and 1-line blue initials

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Text with initial, placemarkers, rubric. Miniature of the marriage of the Virgin

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Leaf with miniature of the Entry into Jerusalem

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Text with rubric and placemarkers. Large historiated initial of Assumption of the Virgin

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Mahmûd of Ghazna visits an ascetic, f. 27v

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The orbit of Venus (al-Zuhrâ), f. 19

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Ursa Major (al-Dubb al-Akbar), f. 24v

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Ursa Minor (al-Dubb al-Asghar), f. 24

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'Ajâ'ib al-makhlûqât va gharâ'ib al-mawjûdât, f. 21v

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In Egypt, there is a strange creature that is like one woman from the waist down and two women from the waist up, f. 13

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Sarlawh, f. 1v, [Headpiece] - Persian manuscript

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The orbit of Saturn (Zuhal), f. 22v

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Cepheus (al-Qîqâ'ûs) [top]; Boötes (al-'Uvâ') [bottom], f. 25v

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The orbit (falak) of the Moon (al-Qamar), f. 15v

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The orbit of Mars (Mirrîkh), a second view [top]; The orbit of Jupiter (Mushtarî) [bottom], f. 22

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The orbit of the Sun (Âftâb), a second view, f. 20

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The orbit of the Sun (Âftâb), f. 19v

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Sarlawh, f. 2, [Headpiece] - Persian manuscript

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A woman who has one arm and one leg of a woman, but the other half of her body is like that of a nasnâs; here the right arm and leg have hooves, f. 13v

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The orbit of the stars (kawâkib), f. 23

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The Semitic prophet Sâlîh leads a camel from the side of a mountain.

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The expulsion of Âdam and Hawwâ from Paradise.

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The prophet Idrîs (Enoch) seated in a garden in Paradise.

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A black trapezoid representing the Kaʻbah within a large red footprint, fol. 47v

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Full-page miniature of Christ, and opening of text, with rubrics, large initial with flower decoration

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Full-page miniature of the Assumption of the Virgin, with opening of text for vespers, initials, rubrics, flower design

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Majnûn, seated alone in the wilderness, gazes pensively into the heavens, fol. 82

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Krishnagita, Pl. 25 - A painting of a group of people in a village

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The investiture of the archbishop of Mainz f. 182

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Jerome of Prague, in fetters, between two soldiers f. 142

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The coronation of the pope in the upper court with hundreds of bishops as retinue bearing lighted candles ff. 240-241

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The wild boar and the fox [cont.]; The crested lark; The fawn and the deer.

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Horae, fol. 51 - Public domain medieval manuscript

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An animal of Zânij with gray tiger-striped coat [top]; Two large apes of Zânij [middle]; Five colorful birds of Zânij [bottom], f. 74v

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Orion (al-Jabbâr) [top]; Eridanus (al-Nahr) [bottom], f. 32

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Pisces (al-Hût) [top]; Cetus (al-Qîtas)[Qintîs] [bottom], f. 31v

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Lupus (al-Sabu') [top]; Corona Australis (al-Iklîl al-Janûbî) [middle]; Pisces Australis (al-Jawqi) [bottom], f. 34v

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Two winged human inhabitants of Zânij [top]; A tree from which a river of camphor flows on the island of Zânij [bottom], f. 75

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Lepus (al-Arnab)[al-Arnah] [top]; Canis Major (Kalb al-Akbar) [bottom], f. 32v

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The archangel 'Izrâ'îl (Azrael), the messenger of death, stands raised in surprise when he sees a man at Solomon's court whose soul he had orders to gather in India that day, f. 44v

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The angels Hârût and Mârût suspended head downward in a black pit (representing a fountain near Babel), f. 47

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Two nude dwarfs who inhabit trees on the island of Râmî (Jazîrat al-Râmî), today known as Sumatra [top]; Similar to f.75v top [bottom], f. 75v

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Virgo (al-Sunbulah) [top]; Libra (al-Mîzân) [bottom], f. 30

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Taurus (al-Saur), f. 29 - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Shaykh al-Ra'îs (referring to Ibn Sînâ) views a rainbow from the high montains between Bârûd and Tûs (the rainbow is not shown), f. 70v

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Triangulum (al-Musallas) [top]; Aries (al-Hamal) [bottom], f. 28v

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Delphinus (al-Dalfîn) [top]; Equuleus (Qat'at al-Faras) [middle]; Pegasus (al-Faras al-A'[zam]) [bottom], f. 27v

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Two large guardian angels [malâ'ik]flanking a seated youth, f. 46

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Cassiopeia (Zât al-Kursî) [top]; Perseus (Barsâvush)[bottom], f. 26v

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A cat with wings like a bat found on the island of Zânij (Jazîrat Zânij), today called Java, f. 74

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The archangel Mîkâ'îl (Michael) views two fallen angels who are half submerged in silver water, f. 44

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Guardian angels (malâ'ik), f. 45v

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Scorpio (al-Aqrab) [top]; Sagittarius (al-Qaus) [bottom], f. 30v

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Hercules (al-Jâsah) [top]; Hen (al-Dajâjah) [bottom], f. 26

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Hydra (al-Shajâ') [top]; Centaurus (Qantaurus) [bottom], f. 34

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Auriga (Mumsik al-A'innah) [top]; Serpentarius (al-Hauvâ va al-Hayyah) [middle]; Sagitta (al-Sahm) [bottom left]; Aquila (al-'Uqâb) [bottom right], f. 27

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Capricorn (al-Jadî) [top]; Aquarius (al-Dalv) [bottom], f. 31

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Gemini (al-Jauzâ') [top]; Cancer (al-Saratân) [middle]; Leo (al-Asad) [bottom], f. 29v

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Andromeda (al-Mar'ah al-Musalsalah) [top]; Equus Major (al-Faras al-Tâmm) [bottom], f. 28

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Yûsuf reunited with his father Ya'qûb (Jacob).

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Opening of another part of text added late 14th century, according to Delisle. Miniatures, initials, rubric, linefiller, placemarker, f. 390

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Coats of arms of Eastern archbishops and bishops ff. 380-381

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Mount al-Wâsit, in Andalusia, Spain [top]; Mount Balah Bashîm, near Qazvîn [bottom], f. 120v

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Mount al-Hamand in India, f. 120

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Mount Tûr Hârûn, near Bethlehem. Mûsâ (Moses) took Hârûn (Aaron) there, and the two of them watch two men digging a grave, f. 116v

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A fish with tusks like a boar, f. 78v

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A deer that lives in the sea [top]; Two men on the island of Vaqvaq frighten away a huge fish by beating a drum [middle]; A large fish with a humped back [bottom], f. 78

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Yaqûb ibn Ishaq tells of a Turk who visited Jazîrat Bahânâs and aided the very small inhabitants of that island in their battle against their enemy [top]; Four dog-faced men of the Island of the Dogs (Jazîrat Sagsâr) menace three men [bottom], f. 90v

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Water dog (kalb al-mâ'), f. 102v

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Two mounted warriors attack a citadel inhabited by dog-faced humans (sagsârs) [top]; On the Jazîrat Jâmi', there is a mountain from which flames shoot at night and smoke is emitted during the day [bottom], f. 81v

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The traveler Yaqûb ibn Ishaq was attacked by another inhabitant of Sagsâr island [top]; The sawfish (samak al-minshâr) of the Sea of Zanzibar [bottom], f. 91v

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A long green fish with a forked tongue and two smaller fish [top]; A humpedback fish and one smaller fish [bottom], f. 83v

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Mount Hirâ, near Mecca [top]; Mount Hudqûr, between Hadramût and 'Umân [bottom], f. 110v

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A rhinoceros regarded by four monsters with the bodies of men and the heads of beasts [...] on Jazîrat Atvâr [top]; Three white men swimming in the Greek Sea (Bahr Yûnân) [middle]; Three men swimming in the Bahr Yûnân, whose waters have turned them black, f. 77

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On Jazîrat Salâmatah, there is a type of fish that can leave the water and climb trees in order to eat the fruit. The illustration shows a man holding one of these fish while two others climb a tree and to more swim in silver - colored water, f. 81

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Water horse (faras al-mâ'), f. 100v

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Mount Mûrjân, in Fârs province, Persia, f. 119

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The The Nile, f. 125 - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Mount al-Nâr. The author of the Tuhfat al-gharâ'ib says that a big fire on this mountain will kill any bird flying nearby. Here a man regards three dead animals and a dying bird in front of the fire [top]; Mount Nahâvand [bottom], f. 119v

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Mount al-Mu'azzim, in Egypt, f. 118v

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The merchant of Isfahân and the giant bird, f. 87v

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The queen of the island of Vaqvaq (Jazâ'ir al-Vaqvaq), f. 76

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Three black cannibals swimming in a silver sea [top]; Four flying birds against a silver background [bottom], f. 77v

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There is a minaret on the Island of Manârah made of stone from which is suspended an effigy of a hanging man made of gold [top]; Nine of the 130 species of birds that inhabit the island of Bilîs as described by Abû Hâmîd Andalusî [bottom], f. 93

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Mount Safâ, near Mecca, f. 115v

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Leeches ('alaq) [top]; A shellfish known for its aromatic smell ('attâr) [bottom], f. 100

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Mount Sâvah, south of Rayy, f. 113v

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The nude inhabitants of Jazîrat Lîkâlûs trade ingots of iron to two men who arrive in a boat [top]; On Dragon Island (Jazîrat al-Tannîn), a dragon devours one of the two oxen he demands daily from the inhabitants [bottom], f. 82

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Three spotted frogs (dafâdi'), f. 99

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A monster found in the Sea of Turkey (Bahr-i Rûm) [top]; A strange bird of the Maghrib Sea that lays its eggs in quiet waters [bottom], f. 94

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Mount Alburz, near Qazvîn [top]; Mount Alrâs, in Andalusia, Spain [bottom], f. 108

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Tortoise (sulahfât), f. 98 - Persian manuscript

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Fishing in the Nile, f. 125v - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Mount Saur al-Mahal. There is a cave here that the Prophet Muhammad visited to meditate; people still go here to pray. Three men are shown praying, f. 110

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Abû Hâmid says that a very large fish was caught in the Caspian Sea. When it was pulled to shore, a beautiful girl (kinâz) emerged from its ear, f. 95v

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Mount Gulistân, in Khurâsân, f. 118

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Mount Bîsitûn, near Kirmânshâh. Farhâd, with pick in hand, stands beneath his relief sculpture of a warrior on horseback and converses with Shîrîn, who sits on a takht, attended by four ladies, f. 109

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