"Physician Preparing an Elixir", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl
Artist role: Translator
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)
                  

Classification: Codices
Geography: Attributed to possibly Baghdad   Iraq or Northern Jazira  
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Accession year: 1913
Tags: Men|Arabic|Medicine