Ibex or Gazelle, Block Print 13th or 14th century This image depicts an ibex or gazelle facing left on a page of brownish, thick, crumbly paper of a type associated with Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Egypt. The animal has a large eye ringed in white and diagonal stripes of white representing its hairy chest. The treatment of the eye suggests that this is a Nubian ibex, since that species has brown eyes, whereas the sand gazelles eyes are black. Its horns rise up from its head, curving slightly, but are not as large and rounded as those of an adult Nubian ibex, which indicates that the animal is a juvenile. Other markings indicated with white appear on the animals belly, legs, head and rump. The ink has bled into the paper at the right, extending from the animals leg, and at the left near its chest. Other areas of discoloration are visible behind its head and tail. Traces of white pigment around the body of the ibex suggest that originally the silhouette effect was stronger than it is