For #WorldCrocDay + #ManuscriptMonday:
Nile #crocodile having its teeth cleaned by a "crocodile bird" (trochilus), from a 1615 copy of the Kitāb al-Ḥayawān (Book of Animals) by al-Jāḥiẓ (c.776–868/869 CE).
Biblioteca Ambrosiana MS D140inf.
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#IslamicArt #ArabicArt
