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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 |
High-res: |
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