Author
Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos, Yuhana bin al-Batriq
Publication Date
7th century AH/AD 13th century
Publication Place
Iran (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
H: 11 5/8 x W: 7 7/8 in. (29.5 x 20 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.750
Library Location
Not on view
Date
7th century AH/AD 13th century
Notes
Walters W.750 consists of 4 consecutive leaves (numbered fols. 237-241) from an illustrated manuscript of the Arabic version of De materia medica by Dioscorides, copied in the 7th century AH/AD 13th in Iran. Pedanius Dioscorides wrote his treatise on medicinal plants in the AD 1st century. It was translated into Syriac and then Arabic in Baghdad in the 3rd century AH/AD 9th. De materia medica by Dioscorides was one of the earliest scientific manuscripts to be translated from Greek to Arabic. The Walters' leaves illustrate 5 plants: wild cucumber, mezereon (spurge-olive), and three varieties of thymelaea (spurge-laurel).
Sergi Ayrıntıları
Healing the Body, Healing the Soul. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore., Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
2024, 1984-1985
Bağış/Edinim
Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A.P. Fund, 1952
