Verbena Recta and Verbena Supina

author Dioscorides (Anazarbus, Cilicia, about 40 CE - 90 CE)

scribe Abdallah ibn al-Fadl (Mesopotamian (Baghdad))

translator Hunayn ibn Ishaq (Al-Hira, 809 - 873)

Date1224

Place MadeMesopotamia, Ancient & Byzantine World-Asia

MediumInk and watercolor on paper

Dimensions29.5 x 21.5 cm (11 5/8 x 8 7/16 in.)

ClassificationsManuscripts

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberP19w53

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryThese illustrations of medicinal plants were added to a manuscript translation of a medical treatise by Dioscurides, originally written in the first century AD. The Greek text was frequently translated into Arabic; this sheet is from a copy by Abdallah ibn al-Fadl which is dated 1224. Source: Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 170.

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Last Updated8/9/24

EmbARK ObjectID13425

Source ID2358