christine.sterne: Two types of palm trees, p1168b
christine.sterne: Two magic squares, the top one a 3x3 square buduh square and the lower one 5x5.p3310a
christine.sterne: Two different types of trees p1152b
christine.sterne: This copy of ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing) by al-Qazwīnī (d. 1283682) is undated but signed by the scribe, Sayyid Ḥusayn Yazdī.p29173a
christine.sterne: Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, Bibl. Roy 10074, Folio 143r The caladrius looks away from the sick man, meaning he will die; his companion on the right is already grieving
christine.sterne: Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, Bibl. Roy 10074, Folio 143r In this complex image both the characteristics and symbology of the caladrius are illustrated
christine.sterne: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 14429, Folio 112v Fire stones burst into flames when brought close together, which is an allegory for lust between man and woman
christine.sterne: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fr. 1444b, Folio 242r Called in the text male and female stone, this image show the fire stone as the usual man and woman burning with lust
christine.sterne: Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt (MS P 1) (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing) p1backcover
christine.sterne: A map of the inhabited world,p171b72a
christine.sterne: A warrior on horseback, with the rider carrying a mace and wearing a tiger-skin cloak and a leopard-skin hat. p2117b
christine.sterne: A yew tree. p3191b
christine.sterne: A small bird perched in a tree p1164a
christine.sterne: A man feeling the pulse of a prone male figure while another looks on. p2115a
christine.sterne: A turbaned, bearded male with dagger in his waistband sits on a couch. Behind him there is a servant with a flywhisk, and before him a bearded turbaned youth displays a portrait of turbaned but beardless male p2119a