Folio from an Arabic translation of De materia medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); recto: The Greek physician Erasistratos with an assistant; verso: text

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At A Glance

Calligrapher

Abdallah ibn al-Fadl
Author

Pedanius Dioscorides (died 90 CE)
Description

Detached folio from an Arabic translation De Materia Medica by Pedanius Dioscorides; text: Arabic in black naskh script; recto: illustration and text, The Greek physician Erasistratos with an assistant, one column, 7 lines; verso: text, one column, 13 lines; one of a group of 9 folios.
Origin

Probably Baghdad, Iraq
Credit Line

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Type

Manuscript
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