MEFA RESEARCH AND TEXTS
Dr. Anna Akasoy is Professor of Islamic Intellectual History, Graduate Center, City University of New York and is the lead researcher for MEFA. Some of texts in this website are credited to her authorship. To view Dr. Akasoy’s full profile and biography please click here
MANUSCRIPT IMAGES
Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin, Berlin
Ms. Ahlwardt 6199/2 = Petermann II 20 © STAATSBIBLIOTHEK ZU BERLIN – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Orientabteilung. Licence: Public Domain Mark 1.0
British Library, London
Or 8187. British Library, London (Qatar Digital Library). Licence: Public Domain Mark 1.0
Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
Ms. Marsh 148. Images courtesy of Digital Bodleian, Oxford. Licence: CC-BY-NC 4.0. https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/6d61b23d-8c15-49c6-92be-570851127f7e/
Ms. Huntington 348. Images courtesy of Digital Bodleian, Oxford. Licence: CC-BY-NC 4.0.
https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/7a954b41-10bd-4a8b-afb2-f69ba353a29f/
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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Ms. arabe 2832. BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France), Paris. Licence: Public Domain Mark 1.0. For any commercial use the permission of the BnF should be sought.
Ms. arabe 2834. BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France), Paris. Licence: Public Domain Mark 1.0. For any commercial use the permission of the BnF should be sought.
Ms. arabe 3236. BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France), Paris. Licence: Public Domain Mark 1.0. For any commercial use the permission of the BnF should be sought.
Lund University Library, Lund
Österländsk litteratur, Tornberg XXI. Lund University Library. Licence: Public Domain Mark 1.0
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
CBL Ar 3831. Chester Beatty, Dublin. Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image/Ar_3831/1/
Universitaire Bibliotheken, Leiden,
Or. 8373. Universitaire Bibliotheken, Leiden. Licence: CC BY 4.0
INTERNATIONAL ARTWORKS AND PHOTOGRAPHY IMAGES
Lady with a Falcon and Companions, India, Himachal Pradesh, Nurpur, 1775 or later, ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 8 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. (22.54 x 27.31 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Paul F. Walter (M.79.191.25). Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
A mounted man hunting birds with a falcon, Freer Gallery of Art https://asia.si.edu/object/F1907.212/. Photo © National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution..
Ulrich Jasper Seetzen. A black-and-white print of a mezzotint by F. C. Bierweiler after E. C. Dunker. First published by A. Garlichs in Jever in 1818. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ulrich_Jasper_Seetzen.jpg
Illustration from De arte venandi cum avibus manuscript showing portrait of Frederick II, MSS_Pal.lat.1071, Biblioteca Palatina, Manuscript – Pal.lat.1071Vatican Library, . https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Pal.lat.1071. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_II_and_eagle.jpg
Illustration from the “Manfred Manuscript” of the De arte venandi cum avibus, 1248 AD Rome, MSS_Pal.lat.1071, Biblioteca Palatina, Manuscript – Pal.lat.1071Vatican Library, https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Pal.lat.1071.
Courtier and Attendants in a Landscape, Turkey, circa 1585-1590, manuscripts; folios, ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 8 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. (21.91 x 13.34 cm), The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.85.237.25). Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Portrait of a Falconer Holding a Hawk on Gloved Right Hand, Turkey, late 16th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.85.237.31). Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Photo of boy from Mongolia with falcon © Shutterstock.
UAE IMAGES
Photo of Sheikh Zayed with falcon, courtesy of © UAE National Archives.
Images courtesy of © International Falconry Festival of Abu Dhabi.
Images courtesy of © Mohamed bin Zayed School of Falconry and Desert Physiognomy School.
Images courtesy of © Mohamed bin Zayed Raptor Conservation Fund.
Images courtesy of the © International Fund for Houbara Conservation.