> Images from an illustrated version of a 13th-century Arabic treatise by Zakariya al-Qazwini titled ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing).
The drawings resemble the fantastical creatures of the Voynich Manuscript e.g. woman with eight legs, turtle with a human head etc.
The drawings resemble the fantastical creatures of the Voynich Manuscript e.g. woman with eight legs, turtle with a human head etc.