Acknowledgments and Copyright Credits

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.

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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.

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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.

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