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Source Description
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.
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33697
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Single Leaf from the Arabic Version of Dioscorides' De materia medica
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33697
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title
Single Leaf from the Arabic Version of Dioscorides' De materia medica
description
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.
provenance
Library of Aya Sofya, Istanbul, no. 3703 [1]. Acquired by Fredrik Robert Martin [1868-1933], Stockholm, before 1912 [2]. Acquired by Max Williams [d. 1927 (?)], New York [3]. Acquired by Dikran Kelekian [1868-1951], New York [4]; acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931. [1] Removed from manuscript likely late 19th-early 20th century[2] See Martin, “Miniature Painting and Painters of Persia, India and Turkey” (1912)[3] Label on paper removed from verso: “Max Williams / 538 Madison Avenue / Between 54th and 55th Street / New York / No. A5529[4] Photograph in curatorial file labeled “Kelekian 1928”
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Rajab 621 AH/AD 1224
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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cm
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33.5
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24.9
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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)
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Islamic
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7876
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2289
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1
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photo
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