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# Fishes in a 17th-18th century manuscript at the University of St Andrews after the work of al-Qazwini
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/illiustratsii-iz-knigi-chudes-veka-xvii-xviii-v-khraniashcheisia-v-sent-endriusskom-universitete-shotlandiia/
- Published: 2026-11-12T12:42:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-12T14:11:36.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: The East, Archive, Books, Education, Nature

Illustrations from a copy of the "Book of the Wonders of the Age" of the 17th-18th century, held at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Marvellous fish illustrate the work of the Arab writer Zakariya ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Qazwini, who lived in the 13th century.

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