"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl
Artist role: Calligrapher
Date: dated A.H. 621 / 1224 CE
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm)
W. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Classification: Codices
Geography: Attributed to Baghdad   Iraq  
Credit line: Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Accession year: 1957
Tags: Men|Medicine