al-Idrisi (Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad inb Abd Allah ibn Idris al-Idrisi; Latin: Dreses); Arab geographer;cartographer and botanist; Ceuta (Spain) c. 1100 - Sicily(Palermo?; Italy) 1166.Works: Nuzhatul Mushtaq; also: Kitab nuzhat al-mushtaq fi'khtiraq al-'afaq (The pleasure of him who longs to cross the horizons); map of the world with commentaries and illustrations; drawn for Roger II; King of Sicily; the socalled Tabula Rogeriana; 1154).Part of the map.From a copy of the Kitab nuzhat al-mushtaq fi'khtiraq al-鈥榓faq; Cairo (Egypt) 1553.Gouache on paper; sheet size 30 x 21.8cm.Ms Pococke 375;Oxford; Bodleian Library.