© Bodleian Library
Kitab Ghara'ib al-funun wa-mulah al-uyun
Artist: Arabic
Location: Bodleian Library
Date: late 12th-early 13th Century
Materials: paper
Dimensions: 32.5 x 24.2cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £100,000 (Total: £400,000)
Vendor: Sam Fogg
Review number: 5055 (2002)
Provenance:
Private collection; Christie's, 2000; Sam Fogg.
Description:
An Islamic book of maps, 'The Book of Strange Arts and Visual Delights'. It consists of two books, one on celestial matters, and one on terrestrial subjects. The manuscript includes two early world maps together with maps and illustrations of the Mediterranean Sea and southern Mediterranean islands.
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