Name: Kitāb Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrā
Author: Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942, former owner

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

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Title at the sourceKitāb Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrā

Author at the sourceWood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942, former owner, Damīrī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsá, 1341?-1405, author

Date1591

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Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, -- approximately 1203-1283 -- Criticism, Textual.Zoology -- Islamic Empire -- 14th century.Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.Science, Medieval.Manuscripts, Arabic -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal.Manuscripts, Arabic -- 15th century.McGill University Library Digitized TitleRare Books & Special Collections - Blacker WoodQazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283ZoologyScience, MedievalManuscripts, Arabic

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2 volumes, 870 unnumbered pages; 24 x 16 cm,Manuscript. codex,Title from the colophon,Zoological treatise, with descriptions of animals arranged in alphabetical order,27 lines per page, Indian naskh in black ink with use of red. Laid oriental paper, Catchwords on the verso of each leaf,V.1: (BWL W16: 1) 1-478 pages, v.2 (BWL W16: 2) 479-870 pages,Badly wormed; rule borders; sideheads; folios are laminated, some leaves are restored,Colophon indicates the composition date of the actual text as Rajab 773 [1372]; fair copy in Sha'bān 805 [1403],Transcribed in Aḥmadābād, Gujrāt in Laylat al-Mi'rāj (Rajab), 999 [1591]. Copied by 'Abd al-Ḥayy ibn Malik (...?) al-Qārī,Appended to volume 1 is a letter written to Casey A. Wood by W. Ivanow,Stamp of Dr. Casey A. Wood on the verso of first page in both volumes,Half bound black leather; titles copied on the spine; stab sewn,Hitti, P. Garrett coll.,Gacek, Adam. Arabic manuscripts in the libraries of the McGill University,Brockelmann, C. GAL,Holding in McGill Library's Rare Book and Special collections: Appended to volume 1 is a letter written to Casey A. Wood by W. Ivanow,Holding in McGill Library's Rare Book and Special Collections