Khawāṣṣ al-Ḥayawān.

خواص الحىوان

Description

Main Author

Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Zabardast Khān, Fā'iḍ, 1151 1738

Related Names

Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942, former owner.

Language(s)

Persian

Published

1133 [1721]

Subjects

Animal science.
Animal science.
Zoology.
Natural history.
Medicine.
Manuscripts, Persian.
Manuscripts, Persian > Manuscripts, Persian / Québec (Province) > Manuscripts, Persian / Québec (Province) / Montréal.
Medicine > Medicine / Early works to 1800.
Natural history.
Zoology > Zoology / Early works to 1800.
Québec > Québec / Montréal.
Early works.

Note

A treatise on zoology, giving description of various animals and showing the medical properties of their flesh.
Table of contents (6 unnumbered fly-leaves in the beginning) ; date of completion from the colophon.
Some corrections and marginal notes on glosses.
Author's seal dated 1132 [1720] (f.1a).
Elegant Indian nasta'alīq ; 15 lines per page ; rubrications ; catch words.
Title from the first page (f.1a), alternative title from the margine of f.1b.
Manuscript
Purchased by Ivanow in in Calcutta, 1927.
A two pages explanatory note by Ivanow examining the codex and the content of the manuscript.
Stamp of Casey Wood on the verso of the cover and the last page.

Physical Description

184 unnumbered pages ; 24 x 13 cm

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