For #WorldGiraffeDay: A #giraffe from a 15th c. Syrian illuminated manuscript of Kitāb al-ḥayawān (Book of the Animals) by the 9th c. naturalist Al-Ǧāḥiẓ/Jahiz.
Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Ms. Arab. B 54, f. 36.
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Al-Jahiz.jpg
#ArabicArt #IslamicArt