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Keywords: Muhammad ibn Mahmud Tusi - Wonders of Creation - Walters W593 - Top Exterior.jpg parent object en Walters manuscript W 593 is an illuminated and illustrated copy of a Persian version of the famous 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat Wonders of creation by Zakariya' al-Qazwini died 682 AH/AD 1283 composed by Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Tusi active 6th century AH/AD 12th The text in black Nasta'liq script may have been written by an Iranian scribe in the 10th century AH/AD 16th in Ottoman Turkey It opens with an illuminated medallion inscribed with the author's name fol 1a followed by a double-page illuminated incipit fols 1b-2a The text is illustrated with 181 paintings of different sizes that offer an interesting iconography for Tusi manuscripts The red leather binding is not contemporary with the manuscript and probably dates to the 13th century AH/AD 19th 10th century AH/AD 16th century ink and pigments on thick laid paper covered with red leather Folio cm 36 1 24 1 accession number W 593 385 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown ex libris on upper board inside Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters A Salute to the Aquarium The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1981 Expanding World Views A Millennium of Maps The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2001-2002 Maps Finding Our Place in the World The Field Museum Chicago; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2007-2008 Beasts on Parchment Picturing Animals in Medieval Manuscripts The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2010-2011 place of origin Turkey Walters Art Museum license 2D Bestiary by Muhammad ibn Mahmud Tusi Walters MS 593
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