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Description: De materia medica by Pedanios Dioscorides of Anazarbos (fl. 1st century A.D.) translated into Arabic from the Syriac translation of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʻIbādī (809?-873) by Mihrân ibn Mansûr ibn Mihrân (fl. 12th cent.)
Names: Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʻIbādī, 809?-873 (Translator); Mihrân ibn Mansûr ibn Mihrân (fl. 12th cent.) (Translator); Mîrzâ Bâqir (fl. 19th c.) (Calligrapher); Mîrzâ Bâqir (fl. 19th c.) (Artist); Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos (Author); Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896 (Patron)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1889 - 1890; Place: Tehran or Mashhad?
Library locations: Spencer Collection; Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. Persian MS. 39
Topics: Medicine, Arab; Materia medica; Illumination of books and manuscripts; Medicinal plants; Botany, Medical; Medicine, Greek and Roman; Manuscripts, Arabic
Genres: Manuscripts; Illustrations; Botanical illustrations
Notes: Acquisition: Purchased in London, 1959.; Citation/reference: Schmitz, I.2.; Date: Copied and illustrated in 1889-1890, probably in Tehran or Mashhad by Mîrzâ Bâqir for Nâsir al-Dîn Shâh, Shah of Iran (1831-1896)
Physical Description: Extent: 299 folios; 49.3 x 32 cm. ; 961 ills.; Thin polished cream paper.; Naskh
Type of Resource: Still image; Text
Identifiers: Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3d05f900-c604-012f-7e1f-58d385a7bc34

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