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Moor B., Rezvan E. Al-Qazwīnī’s ‘Ajā’ib al-Makhlūqāt wa Gharā’ib al-Mawjūdāt: Manuscript D 370 // Manuscripta Orientalia. Vol. 8. No. 4. December 2002. P. 38—68.

The collection of illuminated manuscripts at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies has in its holdings a lavishly illustrated copy (D 370) of a cosmographic work ‘Ajā‘ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā’ib al-mawkūdāt (“The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence”) by Zakarīyā’ b. Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd al-Qazwīnī (ca. 1203–1282). The manuscript is dated by 988 / 1580. Al-Qazwīnī’s cosmographic composition is an example of what happens when scientific knowledge is combined with a sense of adventure and of a creative imagination. Indeed, the book lives up to its title. Anyone with an interest in nature, dreamers with fantasies about far-away places and the rare creatures who live there, anyone interested in astronomy, the planets and the sky above, or even in angels all will find much to enjoy in al-Qazwīnī’s work. It is, therefore, no wonder that such a composition of great variety has been copied over the centuries, beginning in the mid-thirteenth century. Furthermore, as one would expect of a treatise that deals with vivid literary images, its rich and varied illustrations bring to life wonderful creatures and odd beings. The main purpose of this paper is to introduce in full the manuscript and its illustrations to the reader...

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