Warrior and Physician with the Plant Kestron (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the De Materia Medica of Dioscorides
ManuscriptsArab13th century

Warrior and Physician with the Plant Kestron (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

1224

Classification
Manuscripts
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Culture
Arab
Period
Abbasid period
Century
13th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

folio: 32.8 x 23.7 cm (12 15/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Bequest - Estate of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Old notebook files also list F.R. Martin

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