works were illustrated; scientific books and literary manuscripts. Baghdad, Mosul and northern Syria were the main centers for the manufacturing of manuscripts, usually the origin of the works is often difficult to determine. Scientific manuscripts (الْمَخْطُوطَات الْعِلْمِيَّة) The main field in which illustrated manuscripts proliferated were scientific works. Usually bestiaries, veterinary medicine and particularly and hippiatry such as the Book of Veterinary Art by Ahmed Ibn Hussein. There are also books on pharmacopoeia or anti-poison, often drawn from the texts of ancient doctors. The Book of Theriac is the most famous example, inspired by Galen. Books on mechanics and automata used to be written, and in particular the most famous of them, The Book of Knowledge of Mechanical Tricks by Al-Jazari in 1206, Who was the engineer of the Artukid sultan Nasir ad-Din Mahmoud. Treatises on cosmogony or cosmography were also written. Literary manuscripts (الْمَخْطُوطَات الْأَدَبِيَّة) The Maqamat manuscripts provide an opportunity to employ an iconography directly inspired by daily life in the Arab towns of the time. Love stories are present in Arabic literature, but only two illustrated manuscripts are known, the most famous of which is Hadith Bayad wa Riyad. The other particularity of the manuscript is being one of the rare illustrated works produced in the Maghreb or Al-Andalus at that time. Gallery See also Baghdad School Byzantine illuminated manuscripts Maqama Arab culture Arabic calligraphy Persian miniature Islamic Golden age Islamic art Islamic miniature History of the Arabs References External links Islamic illuminated manuscripts Miniature painting Islamic arts of the book Arabic art Arab inventions