Art History Animalia<p>For <a href="https://historians.social/tags/ManuscriptMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManuscriptMonday</span></a>: Asian <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Elephants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elephants</span></a> &amp; Indian <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Rhinoceroses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rhinoceroses</span></a>! <br>Lovely miniatures in a c.1590-3 imperial illuminated manuscript of The Memoirs of the Mughal Emperor Babur (r.1526-30)<br>British Library OR 3714, f. 378r + 379r<br>"Originally written in Chaghatai Turkish and translated into Persian at his grandson Akbar’s request by Mīrzā ʻAbd al-Raḥīm Khān."<br><a href="https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=or_3714_f378r" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?</span><span class="invisible">ref=or_3714_f378r</span></a><br><a href="https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=or_3714_f379r" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?</span><span class="invisible">ref=or_3714_f379r</span></a></p>