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f. 7v, Sultan Murad III Marvels at the Manuscript
f. 7v, Sultan Murad III Marvels at the Manuscript
f. 8v, The Image of Aries
f. 8v, The Image of Aries
f. 10v, The Image of Taurus
f. 10v, The Image of Taurus
f. 14v, The Image of Cancer
f. 14v, The Image of Cancer
f. 16v, The Image of Leo
f. 16v, The Image of Leo
f. 20v, The Image of Libra
f. 20v, The Image of Libra
f. 24v, The Image of Sagittarius
f. 24v, The Image of Sagittarius
f. 30v, The Image of Pisces
f. 30v, The Image of Pisces
f. 33r, The Different Professions Associated with the Seven Planets
f. 33r, The Different Professions Associated with the Seven Planets
f. 33v, The exaltation and dejection of Saturn and Jupiter
f. 33v, The exaltation and dejection of Saturn and Jupiter
f. 34r, The exaltation and dejection of Mars and the Sun
f. 34r, The exaltation and dejection of Mars and the Sun
f. 34v, The exaltation and dejection of Venus and Mercury
f. 34v, The exaltation and dejection of Venus and Mercury
f. 35r, The exaltation of the Moon and of the Head and the Tail and the dejection of the Moon
f. 35r, The exaltation of the Moon and of the Head and the Tail and the dejection of the Moon
f. 36r, The Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Moon
f. 36r, The Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Moon
<p>f. 63r, On the science of physiognomy</p>

f. 63r, On the science of physiognomy

<p>f. 63r, On the science of physiognomy, translation</p>

f. 63r, On the science of physiognomy, translation

<p>f. 63r, Traducción</p>

f. 63r, Traducción

<p>f. 65v, On the physiognomy of womankind</p>

f. 65v, On the physiognomy of womankind

<p>f. 65v, On the physiognomy of womankind. Translation</p>

f. 65v, On the physiognomy of womankind. Translation

<p>f. 65v, Sobre la ciencia de la fisionomía de las mujeres, traducción</p>

f. 65v, Sobre la ciencia de la fisionomía de las mujeres, traducción

f. 65v, La science de la physionomie appliquée aux femmes et aux hommes - traduction
f. 65v, La science de la physionomie appliquée aux femmes et aux hommes - traduction
f. 66r, The Ikhtilajnama
f. 66r, The Ikhtilajnama
f. 66r, The Ikhtilajnama (On spasms - Translation)
f. 66r, The Ikhtilajnama (On spasms - Translation)
f. 66r, The Ikhtilajnama (On spasms - Translation)
f. 66r, The Ikhtilajnama (On spasms - Translation)
f. 74v, The Image of the <em>Qibla</em> of the World, the Majestic Ka<sup>c</sup>ba
f. 74v, The Image of the Qibla of the World, the Majestic Kacba
f. 75v, Alexander and Khidr Enter the Land of Darkness
f. 75v, Alexander and Khidr Enter the Land of Darkness
f. 76r, the Wall of Gog and Magog
f. 76r, the Wall of Gog and Magog
f. 76v, The Lighthouse of Alexandria
f. 76v, The Lighthouse of Alexandria
f. 77r, The Mosque of the Umayyads in Damascus
f. 77r, The Mosque of the Umayyads in Damascus
f. 79r, The Church of the Starlings
f. 79r, The Church of the Starlings
f. 79v, Sinbad and the Old Man of the Sea
f. 79v, Sinbad and the Old Man of the Sea
f. 80r, The Abandoned Well
f. 80r, The Abandoned Well
f. 81r, The Sorcerer’s Ship
f. 81r, The Sorcerer’s Ship
f. 82v, The Baths of Tiberias
f. 82v, The Baths of Tiberias
f. 83r, The Tale of the Land of the Tribe of Monkeys
f. 83r, The Tale of the Land of the Tribe of Monkeys
f. 83v, A Man Killing a Snake
f. 83v, A Man Killing a Snake
f. 84r, The Mountain of the Birds
f. 84r, The Mountain of the Birds
f. 84v, The Valley of Sri Lanka and its Gems
f. 84v, The Valley of Sri Lanka and its Gems
f. 85v, The Talisman of King Maymun
f. 85v, The Talisman of King Maymun
f. 88v, The Talisman of the Red King
f. 88v, The Talisman of the Red King
f. 90r, The Talisman of Fever
f. 90r, The Talisman of Fever
f. 90v, The Laughing Snake
f. 90v, The Laughing Snake
f. 131v, The Divination of the Prophet Sulayman (Solomon)
f. 131v, The Divination of the Prophet Sulayman (Solomon)

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f. 90r, The Talisman of Fever
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f. 90r, The Talisman of Fever. Huma is the name of this jinn meaning one who brings heat to the human body, i.e. he is responsib...

Huma is the name of this jinn meaning one who brings heat to the human body, i.e. he is responsible for the common fever. Consequently, like Kabus (the Nightmare, f. 86r), Huma is one of the most popular of the jinns responsible for human illnesses, so his talisman is encountered frequently.
The jinn of fever is commonly represented as a demon with three heads, perhaps an iconography whose roots lie in the Biblical Testamentum Salomonis (The Testament of Solomon), in which a three-headed demon is considered responsible for the birth of blind, deaf and epileptic babies. In the illustration two heads are identical, vaguely equine but with the usual tusks and smoke, one looking right and the other, left. The third head looks more demoniac and is placed above the other two facing forward in the centre. The frontal position of Huma is not unusual, but his open legs with bent knees and open arms, almost as if he wanted to capture the viewer, distinguish him from all other jinns. The presence of a tail ending in an animal’s head is also peculiar. Whilst not at all uncommon in representations of demons and jinns, it is unique in this series of illustrations. In the Kitab al-bulhan, which provides a model followed closely by this painting, Huma has not one but two tails. Two single-horned attendants (one of them wearing a hat) peak into the painting very close to Huma’s side heads.


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