A new interpretation of some drawings from the Hazine (Istanbul) and Diez (Berlin) albums illustrating the tortoise and the heron (or crane)
Nine ink drawings on as many pages — seven preserved at the Topkapı Sarayı Library in Istanbul (from H. 2152, 2153, and 2160) and two at the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin (from the Diez Albums), respectively — illustrate a tortoise apparently fighting with one or two herons (or cranes).