Dioscorides Folio, 1224

ورقة ديسقوريدس (1224)

Folio from an Arabic translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides; Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1977.91.

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A page from an Arabic translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides dated 1224, Abbasid Baghdad. In the Cleveland Museum of Art. 1

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  1. Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “Dioscorides Folio, 1224”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/waraqa-diosqurid-1224/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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