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Illustrated page from Āṯār al-belād (Monuments of the Lands) by Qazwīnī
Ottoman period
16th or 17th century
Object Place: Turkey
Medium/Technique
Ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 22.8 × 14.7 cm (9 × 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Horace G. Tucker Memorial Fund and Seth Augustus Fowle Fund
Accession Number24.130
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
This single-folio is from an illustrated manuscript of the geographic work, "Āṯār al-belād wa aḵbār al-ʿebād" (Monuments of the lands and historical traditions about their peoples), composed in Arabic by the Persian scholar Abū Yaḥyā Zakarīyāʾ b. Moḥammad Qazvīnī (ca. 1203-83 A.D./ 600-82 A.H.). The "Āṯār al-belād" combines geographical information, such as the natural features of the seven Ptolemaic climatic zones, with ideas from history, folklore, popular religion, and literary-biography.
Provenance1924, sold by Anderson Galleries, New York to the MFA (Accession date: March 6, 1924)