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Ibn Bakhtishu;
Manafi-I-Hayawan
(Description of Animals) (1295) Persia
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Taken from: Laufer Berthold; The Giraffe in History and Art.
Text is Persian translation from an earlier Arab manuscript made at the command of Ghazan Khan.
The giraffe is a reticulated giraffe with its chestnut color covered with a network of white lines. This network forms more or less regular hexagons. This kind of giraffe lives in Somalia. The
head got cut of when trimming the ms.
(1) repeated among many others: Ibn al-Fakih al Hamadhani (903); Musa Ud-Damiri (d1405); Zad Sparam (9th); Ibn Bakhtishu (1295); Al-Raghib al-Isfahani (1109); Hassan Bar Bahlul (10th); Mohammad ebn Mahmud ebn Ahmad Tusi (1160); Jahiz's Kitab al-Hayawan (869); Tha'alibi (d1038); Ibn Manzur (1290);
The pictures are taken from: Morgan Library New York
Ibn Bakhtishu, Ubayd Allah ibn Jibra il Manafi al-ḥayawan 1297-1300
Buffalo
Elephants
Lions
Porpoise
Jackals
Cheetah
This drawing was added to the part talking about the Hippo.
Ostriches
Rhino
Hyena
Leopard
Monkey
Porcupinne
Vulture