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"Physician Preparing an Elixir", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Physician Preparing an Elixir", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides

'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl

Date
dated A.H. 621 /1224 CE
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Page: H. 13 1/16 in. (33.2 cm) W. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) Mat size: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Object type
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Classification
Codices
Country
Iraq or Northern Jazira
Object number
13.152.6
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1913
Original Met record

Subjects and terms

  • Men
  • Arabic
  • Medicine

The Met object ID 446288. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.