Detail View: Rylands Collection: Mythical fish with head of an elephant
|
Image Number:
|
JRL240301129
|
|
Reference Number:
|
Persian MS 4
|
|
Link to Catalogue:
|
|
|
Image Title:
|
Mythical fish with head of an elephant
|
|
Parent Work Title:
|
ʻAjāyib al-makhlūqāt
|
|
Creator:
|
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283
|
|
Creator Role:
|
Author
|
|
Date Created:
|
1759 CE [1217? AH]
|
|
Language Code:
|
per
|
|
Language:
|
Persian
|
|
Subject:
|
Cosmography--Early works to 1800
|
|
Subject:
|
Zoology--Pre-Linnean works
|
|
Subject:
|
Geography, Arab
|
|
Category of Material:
|
Manuscripts
|
|
Sub-Category:
|
Codices (bound manuscripts)
|
|
Sub-Category:
|
Miniatures (paintings)
|
|
Technique Used:
|
Painting (image-making)
|
|
Medium:
|
Paint
|
|
Support:
|
Paper
|
|
Item Height:
|
40 mm
|
|
Item Width:
|
75 mm
|
|
Current Repository:
|
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
|
|
Provenance:
|
Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
|
|
Provenance:
|
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
|
|
Rights Holder - Image:
|
The University of Manchester Library
|
|
Access Rights:
|
|
|
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
|
2024-03-18
|
|
Image Creation Technique:
|
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
|
|
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
|
2024-04
|
|
Metadata Language:
|
eng-GB
|
|
Collection Code:
|
Rylands
|