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W.675, Single leaf from the Arabic version of Dioscorides' De materia medica

Abstract

This 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 (fl. ca. 65 CE) that was copied in 621 AH / 1224 CE in Baghdad. Approximately thirty 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.

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1. fol. W.675a

   
   • W675_000001_805.tif
     Size: 312.7 MB (327,874,778 bytes)
   • W675_000001_300.tif
     Size: 36.9 MB (38,654,430 bytes)
   • W675_000001_sap.jpg
     Size: 717.0 kB (734,231 bytes)
   • W675_000001_thumb.jpg
     Size: 14.1 kB (14,461 bytes)

2. fol. W.675b

   
   • W675_000002_600.tif
     Size: 171.5 MB (179,882,472 bytes)
   • W675_000002_300.tif
     Size: 36.6 MB (38,393,666 bytes)
   • W675_000002_sap.jpg
     Size: 697.1 kB (713,798 bytes)
   • W675_000002_thumb.jpg
     Size: 14.2 kB (14,519 bytes)