"Hare", Folio from the Mantiq al-wahsh (Speech of the Wild Animal) of Ka'b al-Ahbar, 11th–12th century

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Hare', Folio from the Mantiq al-wahsh (Speech of the Wild Animal) of Ka'b al-Ahbar, 11th–12th century, Found Egypt, probably Fustat, Opaque watercolor on paper, H. 6-3/16 ' ( cm)., Codices, This page from a zoological manuscript contains lines of text and two drawings of wild animals, a lion (recto) and a hare (verso). Although fragmentary pages with drawings are not uncommon from the Fatimid period, especially coming from the ruins of Fustat (Old Cairo), this is one of the earliest surviving folios from a once bound manuscript

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