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Folio from an Arabic translation of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); recto: A physician treats a blindfolded man; verso: text
Pedanius Dioscorides1224 (621 A.H.)
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: Folio from an Arabic translation of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); recto: A physician treats a blindfolded man; verso: text
- Creator: Calligrapher: Abdallah ibn al-Fadl, Author: Pedanius Dioscorides
- Date Created: 1224 (621 A.H.)
- Location: Iraq, Probably Baghdad
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Freer|Sackler collection, please visit http://www.asia.si.edu/.
- Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Historical Period: Abbasid period
- Credit Line: Purchase--Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- Collection: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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