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<p>Aristotle teaching, from London, British Library MS or. 2784, f. 96r.
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This part of the manuscript contains the earliest illustrated text of the <i>Kitāb naʿt al-hayawān</i>, a bestiary attributed to Jabril ibn Bukhtishu. From c. 1220, possibly a monastery in North Jazira (in Mesopotamia). (Anna Contadini, 'A Bestiary Tale: Text and Image of the Unicorn in the Kitāb naʿt al-hayawān (British Library, or. 2784, f.96)', <i>Muqarnas</i>, 20 (2003), 17-33; <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1523325">https://www.jstor.org/stable/1523325</a>.)</div>
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Unknown</div>
13th century
From: Seyyed Hossein Nasr, <i>Islamic Science: An Illustrated Study</i> ([no place]: World of Islam Festival Publishing, 1976), p. 50 plate 22 (with note p. 241), <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/090503502X" title="Special:BookSources/090503502X">ISBN 090503502X</a>.