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Large Illustrations from

Maqamat of al-Hariri

Bibliothèque nationale de France, manuscript Arabe 3929, 2nd quarter of 13th century

folio 40v
Abu Zayd traveling
folio 41r
al-Harith traveling
folio 85r
Abu Zayd and his listeners
folio 101v
Abu Zayd and al-Harith
folio 117r
Marriage procession
folio 122r
Abu Zayd and al-Harith
folio 156v
Abu Zayd and al-Harith traveling
folio 157r
Abu Zayd and thief before the Kadi

Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Arabe 3929

All the images from manuscript Arabe 3929, 2nd quarter of 13th century


Maqamat manuscripts



Other resources for 13th century Islamic costume:
Kitab al-Aghani (Book of Songs), c. 1218-19, probably Mosul
An Arabic Translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides, 1224
Kitab al-Diryaq (the Book of Antidotes) by Pseudo-Gallen, mid 13th century
Seljuk Turks in Warqa wa Gulshah, c1250




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