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Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti

Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti

Iraqi

Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti was a 13th-century Arab painter and calligrapher from Iraq. He copied and illustrated the Maqamat of al-Hariri dated 1237, now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Arabe 5847), one of the best-known illustrated Arabic manuscripts.

Sources: Wikipedia (en): Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti · Wikidata Q472751

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