f. 59a, by Zakarīyā’ ibn Muḥammad al-Qazwīnī
Featured on PDR in the collection Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)
Liceti likened nature to an artist who, faced with some imperfection in the materials to be shaped, ingeniously creates another form still more admirable.
Also appearing in the collection…
Image of blemmyes
Date
1537
From
Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt (Marvels of things created and miraculous aspects of things existing), MS P 2 (National Library of Medicine)
Image Size
1134 x 1688