Hādhā kitāb ʻAjāʼib al-dunyā wa-mā fīhā

Hādhā kitāb ʻAjāʼib al-dunyā wa-mā fīhā هاذا كتاب عجائب الدنيا و ما فيها Partie de Merveìlle du monde, Adjaib-i makhlukhat ʻAjāʼib al-dunyā wa-mā fīhā عجائب الدنيا و ما فيها ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt . Selections عجائب المخلوقات Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283 قزويني, زكريا ابن محمد. Ibn Muḥammad, ʻAlī, active 1797 scribe text xx 1797 monographic 3 Jumādá al-thānī, 1212 (November 23, 1797) ara 62 leaves (21 lines), bound : paper ; 22 x 15 cm. The text is a section of ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt by Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Qazwīnī. This text contains sections extracted from the second part of the well-known and highly popular work of cosmography known as ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt, written in the 13th century (7th century AH) by Abū Yaḥyā Zakarīyā al-Qazwīnī. The work begins with a section on the sources and properties of gems and stones, followed by sections on herbs, seeds, nuts and fruits, spices, the body parts of animals, and so forth. It also contains geographical information, for example the names and locations of major bodies of water such as the Mediterranean Sea, and of islands, mountains, and other geographic features. Unlike many other known manuscripts of this work, this manuscript is not illustrated. World Digital Library. lil-shaykh al-barakah al-ʻālim al-muʼallif al-Qazwīnī ... للشيخ البركة العالم المؤلف القزويني ... [North Africa?] Binding is old cardboard covered in blind tooled leather. Fol. 1b-62a. Library of Congress. Arabic manuscript, SM-41. DLC Maghribī script; 21 lines in written area, 15 x 10 cm. Ms. On verso of rear flyleaf in blue pencil: Une partie de Merveìlle du monde, Adjaib-i makhlukhat Paper: yellowed cream, with tre lune watermarks, in moderate condition, with brown stains and damage from humidity on some leaves. No title page; text framed by double red line. Text is in black and red, with rubricated chapter headings. A few marginal notes; catchwords on rectos. Title from fol. 1b. Written by ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad on 3 Jumādá al-thānī, 1212 (November 23, 1797), probably in North Africa. Incipit: هذا كتاب عجائب الدنيا وما فيها وهو للشيخ البركت العالم المؤلف القزويني رحمه الله تعالى أمين. فصل في ذكر عجائب الأحجار وخواصها ومعرفة منافعها. الحجر الأبيض إذا حككته على حجر صلب وخرج محكه أبيض فلا يعنا به. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website. Also available in digital form. Arabic. n-us-dc Cosmography Early works to 1800 Geography, Arab Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Arabic Washington (D.C.) G93 .Q3123 1797 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amedscd.2008401704 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.3138 Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʻArabīyah fi Maktabat al-Kūnghris, 33 2008401704 hdl:loc.wdl/wdl.3138 aacr DLC 080613 20250607024355.4 15328354 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)