Category:Freer Gallery MS F1954.52 - Wonders of Creation

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Folio from a Aja-ib al-Makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini 
folio from the manuscript of Aja-ib al-Makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini in the Freer Gallery of Art collection
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A copy of ʿAjā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazwini.[a][1][2]

Illuminated manuscript commonly known as the "Sarre Qazwini", held by the (Washington, D. C.) Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, shelfmark F1954.52.[1]

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper. H: 32.7 W: 22.4 cm. Early 15th century Iraq or Eastern Turkey.[1]

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  1. ↑ Al-Qazwini's Wonders of Creation is an encyclopedic work on the cosmology and geography of the world. The text was composed in thirteenth-century Iraq, and is divided into two main sections that discuss heavenly and earthly bodies.
  1. ↑ a b c Freer/Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian's Museum of Art (2020). Folio from Aja’ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini; recto: Archangel Gabriel (Jabril); verso: Archangel Michael (Mikayyil). Retrieved on 2020-10-25.
  2. ↑ Warburg Institute (s.d.). Purchase F1954.52). Warburg Institute Iconographic Database. Retrieved on 2020-10-25. (BW gallery)
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