The pyramids of Giza, imagined by Kircher based on traveler’s reports, from Sphinx Mystagoga (1676)
Castle near Tripoli, on the river Kadisha (Lebanon).
William Henry Bartlett, from Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. vol. 2, by John Carne, London, Paris, New York, circa 1836.
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Alchemical symbols in Kitab al-Aqalim by Abu ‘l-Qasim al-‘Iraqi
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Kato Kiyomasa. Vertical Dyptich by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka. Published by Maruya Jimpachi, 1867
A vertical diptych of Kato Kiyomasa ( 1562-1611 ). A famous general best known for his participation in the invasion of Korea. Shows him seated before his personal banner inscribed Nan myo no rengekyo, “Hail Lotus Sutra.” On his breast is his mon, a large ring.
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Surimono. Eguchi-no-kimi and the elephant. Poems. /
YoshitakiYoshimura江口の君 歌川芳村（静斎芳邨 1846～1887） 年代不詳
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‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing) by Zakarīyā’ ibn Muḥammad al-Qazwīnī
from the National Institutes of Health’s US National Library of Medicine’s Islamic Medical Manuscripts Collection. this is a 16th century copy of a 13th century MS.
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Maluku Islands.
From Histoire pittoresque des voyages dans les cinq parties du monde (Picturesque history of the travels in the five parts of the world) vol. 4, by Eugène Hatin, Paris, 1844.
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Chodayu of the Okamotoya. Ukiyo-e woodblock print, About 1820, Japan, by artist Kikugawa Eizan.
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The drawing (f° 363 v°) shows us an expert, sitted behind the patient lying (position described by the Arab doctors and which was perpetrated until the beginning of Xxe century), extracting a tooth and helped by two assistants. One, on the left pokes fire with bellows, and the other, on the right, holds with a grip fire near the expert.
Same time, Charaf-ed-Din(1404-1468) left us its famous Chirurgie of Ilkhani, written and illustrated by him into 1465-1466. This manuscript (ms suppl. Turkish 693 LI) is preserved at the BNF (National Library of France).
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