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The Kitāb Naʿt al-Ḥayawān is the earliest of a group of illustrated manuscripts dealing with the characteristics of animals and their medicinal uses. The present study considers both the confluence of textual traditions within this work and the stylistic and iconographic relationships of its illustrations, which make it a key witness to early thirteenth-century Arab painting. After a re-evaluation of previous approaches, emphasis is placed on relating image to text, on stylistic affiliations, and on the modalities of production, supported by technical analyses undertaken for the first time. In elucidating the particular context of this unique manuscript, the study contributes to our understanding of a critical period in the development of Middle Eastern painting and art.

Book history --- Graphic arts --- anno 1200-1299 --- Arab States --- Bestiaries --- Animals in art. --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arab. --- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts. --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval --- History and criticism. --- Naʻt al-ḥayawān --- Geschichte 1200-1300. --- 091 =927 --- 091:61 --- 091.31:7.04 --- 091 "12" --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Arabisch --- Handschriften i.v.m. geneeskunde --- Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--13e eeuw. Periode 1200-1299 --- 091 "12" Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--13e eeuw. Periode 1200-1299 --- 091.31:7.04 Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- 091:61 Handschriften i.v.m. geneeskunde --- 091 =927 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Arabisch --- Animals in art --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arab --- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic --- Muslim illumination of books and manuscripts --- Illumination of books and manuscripts --- Painting, Medieval --- Arab illumination of books and manuscripts --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arabic --- Illustrated books --- Animal painting and illustration --- Pets in art --- Wild animals in art --- Zoo animals in art --- History and criticism --- Naʻt al-ḥayawān --- Kitāb Naʻt al-ḥayawān --- Kitāb Nuʻūt al-ḥayawān --- Book on the characteristics of animals --- Arab states --- Kitāb Naʻt al-ḥayawān --- Manuscrits à peintures arabes --- Manuscrits à peintures islamiques --- Enluminure --- Animaux --- Bestiaires --- Pays arabes --- Dans l'art --- Moyen-âge --- Nat al-hayawan --- Manuscrits à peintures arabes --- Manuscrits à peintures islamiques --- Moyen-âge