Doctors Preparing Burnt Copper, Folio from an Illustrated Arabic Manuscript of “De materia medica” by Dioscorides

Artist: Abdallah Ibn al-Fadl, Iraqi, active early 13th century
Period: Abbasid period, 750–1258
Date: 1224
Material: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
made in: Baghdad, Baghdad governorate, Iraq, Asia
Classification: Books & manuscripts, calligraphy, paintings
Collection: Islamic Art
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (31.7 x 22.6 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 179:1955

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