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Moses Narboni’s Commentary on Ibn Tufayl’s Ḥay ibn Yaqzan
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Ḥay ibn Yaqẓān, composed by the Muslim philosopher Abū Bakr ibn Tufayl al-Qaysi (1110–1185), relates the story of Ḥay ibn Yaqẓān, literally “Alive, son of Awake,” as he grows up alone on a deserted…

Contributor:

Solomon Norzi

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Date:

1527

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Philosophy, Animals, Ecology, Death

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Science & Philosophy, Literature
Facing-page manuscript with Hebrew text and an illustration of a naked boy sitting next to a deer on bottom margin of left-hand page.
The Wanderings of the Little Blue Butterfly in Fairyland
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Illustration from the children’s book The Wanderings of the Little Blue Butterfly in Fairyland, first published in Budapest, Hungary, in 1912.

Contributor:

Anna Lesznai

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Children, Ecology, Animals, Education

Categories:

Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature, Visual & Material Culture
Illustration of bouquet of flowers in vase and small butterfly in bottom left corner.