Abstract
In his catalogue entry of the Naʿt , Rieu clearly recognizes its composite nature, and that it draws equally on material ascribed to Aristotle and on a text by Ibn Bakhtīshūʿ. As the Naʿt lacks an incipit, the form of the title it may have contained is unknown. Aristotle's zoological writings include five books which are commonly known under their Latin titles: Historia Animalium, De Partibus Animalium, De Generatione Animalium, De Motu Animalium, and De Incessu Animalium , forming together what is usually known as Aristotle's Zoology . Although Timotheus and the Physiologus are the most obvious sources, it is thus possible that the Naʿt contains material from the Greek tradition that could have been transmitted through other texts. It is interesting to note that Ibn Bakhtīshūʿ becomes a very significant source for al-Damīrī, but despite this, the Naʿt is a rather isolated text within the Arabic zoological corpus. Keywords:Aristotle; Aristotle's Zoology ; Ibn Bakhtīshūʿ; Naʿt ; Rieu; Timotheus
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