Gazing lovingly at watercolor miniatures of absolutely real animals is one of the best uses of your
Gazing lovingly at watercolor miniatures of absolutely real animals is one of the best uses of your time that I can think of. I’m particularly fond of the one on the bottom here on 14v of LJS 447 – an 18C Syrian production of a 14C text by Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʻUmarī – though it terrifies me to think of what would happen if two of them ever ran into each other headfirst while rounding a corner.Manuscript description and digital images can be found here at OPenn, and you can download an ebook version here. -- source link
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