Folio from an Arabic translation of De materia medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); recto: The Greek physician Erasistratos with an assistant; verso: text
Detached folio from a copy of Aja’ib al-Makhluqat wa ghara’ib al-mawjudat (The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence) by Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (d. 1283)
Author:
Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (d. 1283) Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, gold and silver on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (recto figure painting): 10.2 × 9 cm (4 × 3 9/16 in)