A Book on Animals from 9th-century Baghdad with Dr. Jeannie Miller

Lecture

A Book on Animals from 9th-century Baghdad with Dr. Jeannie Miller

Date: Thu, Sep 08, 2016 01:00PM - Thu, Sep 08, 2016 02:00PM
Price: Free with Museum admission. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of the lecture or can be pre-booked online.

How are animals portrayed in the 9th-century encyclopedia Kitab al-Hayawan?

Dr. Jeannie Miller (University of Toronto) compares them to the magical beasts roaming our exhibition Marvellous Creatures: Animals in Islamic Art!

Since 2013, Jeannie Miller has been Assistant Professor in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto.

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