Details

Standardized Title:

Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣār. 20-22. al-sifr al-ʻishrīn [...]
مسالك الابصار في ممالك الامصار. 20-22. السفر العشرين [...]

Other Title:

Voyages of the eyes in the kingdoms of the main cities.

Subjects:

Zoology.
Botany.
Botany -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800.
Zoology -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800.
Botany -- Pre-Linnean works.
Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.

Form/Genre:

Pictorial works.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
Manuscripts, 18th century.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Herbals (reference sources)
Watercolors.
Illustrated works.

Language:

Arabic.

Summary:

Descriptions and illustrations of domestic and wild animals, birds, insects, marine animals, plants, stemless plants, and herbs. Sources include Dioscorides, Galen, and Ibn al-Bayṭār. The larger, encyclopedic work of which the text of this manuscript is a part, also includes cosmography, geography, history, and biography.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 195 + i; [1-7], 8-31, 31-104, 104-193; later foliation in ink, upper left recto.
Layout: Written in 27 long lines.
Script: Written in clear naskh in black ink; pointed. Section headings in thuluth in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: 584 watercolor miniatures of animals and plants; rubrications in red.
Binding: Leather, blind-stamped central mandorla and blind-tooled frame; spine repaired.
Origin: Written in Aleppo, Syria, in 1710 by Jibrāyil ibn Mikhāyil al-Ḥamawī, known as Ibn Lubbād (f. 195r).

Local notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Penn Provenance:

Sold at auction at Christie's, 21 Oct. 2002, lot 59, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Cited in:

Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 138-139 (LJS 447).

Cited as:

UPenn LJS 447.

Contributor:

Ḥamawī, Jibrāyil ibn Mikhāyil, active 1710, scribe.
Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
حموي، جبرايل بن مخايل، active 1710، scribe.

OCLC:

793013777

Web link:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page

Access Restriction:

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