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{
    "localId": "33697",
    "label": "Single Leaf from the Arabic Version of Dioscorides' De materia medica",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.675"
}

{
    "id": "33697",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.675",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "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”",
    "date": "Rajab 621 AH/AD 1224",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.675",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.675.A_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.675.A_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.675.A_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 33.5,
            "height": 24.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "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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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "84224",
        "84223"
    ],
    "med": "ink, pigments and gold leaf on thick, laid paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7876",
        "7700"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2289",
        "3338"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.675.A_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "2c1e8ac305b44aa2"
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