Aristotle teaching, from London, British Library MS or. 2784, f. 96r.
This part of the manuscript contains the earliest illustrated text of the Kitāb naʿt al-hayawān, 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)', Muqarnas, 20 (2003), 17-33;
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1523325.)
From: Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Islamic Science: An Illustrated Study ([no place]: World of Islam Festival Publishing, 1976), p. 50 plate 22 (with note p. 241), ISBN090503502X.
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Islamic illustration of Aristotle teaching a student, c. 1220
Aristotle teaching, from document in the British Library. From: {{book reference|Title=Islamic Science:An Illustrated Study|Author=Seyyed Hossein Nasr|Publisher=World of Islam Festival Publishing Ltd.|Year=1976|ID=ISBN 090503502X}} [[Category:Aristotle]
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