Turkish Version of the Wonders of Creation

Description Provenance Credit

Description Walters manuscript W.659 is an Ottoman illuminated and illustrated Turkish version of 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of creation) by Zakariya al-Qazwini (died 692 AH/AH 1293), made at the request of the Vizier Murtaza Pasa (Murtadá Pasha) (active 11th century AH/AD 17th). The codex was completed in 1121 AH/AD 1717 by Muhammad ibn Muhammad Shakir Ruzmah-'i Nathani. There are 444 paintings illustrating the text. The binding is not original to the manuscript.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creators

Zakariya ibn Muhammad Qazwini (ca. 1203-1283) (Author)
Muhammad ibn Muhammad Shakir Ruzmah-'i Nathani (Scribe)

Period

1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)

Medium

ink and pigments on European laid paper covered with leather
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.659

Measurements

Folio H: 13 x W: 7 7/8 in. (33 x 20 cm)

Geographies

Turkey (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

A Fish with the Head of an Owl	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.161A	Accession
owl	Tags

A Dragon	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.175A	Accession
dragon, creature	Tags

Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.2B	Accession

Orbit of the Moon	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.8B	Accession

Formation of the Crescent of the Moon	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.9B	Accession

Lunar Eclipse	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.10A	Accession

Orbit of Mercury	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.11A	Accession

Mercury	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.11B	Accession

Orbit of Venus and Venus	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.12A	Accession

A Huge Fish	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.160B	Accession

A Sick Person and Creatures of Saksar Island	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.163A	Accession

A Long-legged Person who Climbs on the Shoulders of Strangers	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.163B	Accession

An Animal Called Fatus, Another Called Qanta, and a Beaver	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.177A	Accession

A Fish from the Vaynah (Vinah?) Seas	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.164A	Accession

A Half-human, Half-frog Creature	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.166A	Accession

Two Strange Fish from the Vaynah (Vinah?) Seas	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.168B	Accession

A Dragon of the Caspian Sea	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.170B	Accession

The Monster of the Caspian Sea	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.171A	Accession

A Sea-rabbit	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.171B	Accession

A Man of the Sea	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.172A	Accession

A Bull of the Sea	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.172B	Accession

A Crocodile	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.173A	Accession

Three Fish	Title
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)	Period
W.659.173B	Accession