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Persian Bestiarium
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Persian Bestiarium

Author: anonymous Persian artist
Year: 1600
Description: This Persian miniature was discovered in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. It is indicative of the earliest descriptions of a rhinoceros. Ctesias called it a wild ass resembling a horse with hoofed feet. Aristotle called it the monoceros and the Greek geographer Strabo called it the rhinoceros.
Location: World
Subject: History
Species: All Rhino Species
File Size: 492,1 kb
Dimensions: 1780x1380 px
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