Hot Brunettes Read Ancient Texts

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The work begins with an introduction, and is followed by two sections, the first on supra-terrestrial, the second on terrestrial creatures. Al-Qazwini concludes his work with a section on monsters and angels. The genre of Aja'ib al-makhluqat (The wonders of creation), of which al-Qazwini’s work is the most famous example, includes texts in Arabic and Persian that describe the marvels of the heavens and the earth. Numerous manuscripts of al-Qazwini’s work have survived, as have several Persian and Turkish translations of illustrations.

frontispiece and folios from the cairo bustan of sa'di. kamal-od-din behzad, herat, 1488

some of my favorite animal miniatures from nypl spencer coll. pers. ms. 49, a 16th century copy of zakariya al-qazwini's 13th century the wonders of creatures and the marvels of creation.

Folio from a Manuscript of the Qur'an. Iran, Shiraz, 1550-1575. Ink, colors and gold on paper.

source: Karlsruhe, BLB, Cod. Güntersthal 2

An Urartian Broze recumbent Bull, 8th-7th cent. BC, Armenia. Private collection of Mr K.A. 

At St. Andrew’s in Norfolk

Yunnan, 150 BCE

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Saint George Killing the Dragon (detail)

Winchester Psalter, 1100’s

Armenian medical manuscript on Horse Healing 13th century

Metropolitan Museum of Art 17.6.78

segmentum, egypt, umayyad period c. 700s-900s.

Today, this garment is exhibited at the Rüstkammer in Dresden, Germany.

Purse depicting lovers, worked in Paris c. 1340, Photo by medievalarchive on Flickr