Folio from a copy of Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa ghara'ib al-mawjudat (The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence) by Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (d.1283); recto: Constellations Auriga (Mumsik al-A'inna), Serpentarius (al-Hawwa wa al-Hayya); verso: Constellations Sagitta (al-Sahm), Aquila (al-Nasr al-Ta'ir), Delphinus (al-Dulfin), Equuleus (Qit'at al-Faras)
Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (d. 1283) Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink gold and silver on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (recto top figure): 7.8 × 7.5 cm (3 1/16 × 2 15/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Date:
early 15th century
Provenance:
To 1945
Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre (1865-1945). [1]
To 1954
Mme. Maria Sarre, Ascona, Switzerland. [2]
From 1954
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Paul Kempner, New York on behalf of Mme. Maria Sarre, Ascona, Switzerland. [3]
Notes:
[1] Object file F1954.33-114, undated folder sheet note 2. “The manuscript was originally acquired by Prof. Friedrich Sarre in Algiers”.
[2] Object file F1954.33-114, undated folder sheet note 1. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
[3] See note 2. See also invoice dated July 22, 1954 and correspondences between Dr. Paul Kempner and the Freer Gallery, dated July 21, 1954; copies in object file.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Wonders of Creation, Oddities of Existence: An Exhibition in Celebration of Halley's Comet (February 28, 1986 to October 27, 1986)
