Author
'Abd Allah ibn Fadl, Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos
Publication Date
Rajab 621 AH/AD 1224
Publication Place
Iraq, Baghdad (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
H: 13 3/16 × W: 9 13/16 in. (33.5 × 24.9 cm); Framed, approx H: 21 1/4 × W: 16 1/4 × D: 1 1/4 in. (53.98 × 41.28 × 3.18 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.675
Library Location
Not on view
Date
Rajab 621 AH/AD 1224
Notes
Walters leaf W.675 is a single leaf from a dispersed manuscript (Aya Sofya 3703, later Top Kapi Seray 2147) of the Arabic version of De materia medica by Dioscorides (active ca. 65) that was copied in 621 AH/AD 1224 in Baghdad. Approximately 30 illustrations were removed from this parent manuscript that are now in public and private collections. The Walters' leaf depicts two doctors preparing medicine. A funnel is set on a tripod over a vessel. The two men preparing the medicinal draught stand on either side of the tripod beside two fruit trees. The text is written in partially vocalized Naskh script in brownish-black and red ink.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York., Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
2016, 1984-1985
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
