Single Leaf from the Arabic Version of Dioscorides' De materia medica
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...
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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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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.675.A_Fp_DD.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.675.A_Fp_DD.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.675.A_Fp_DD.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.675 |
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Islamic
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