Oversize LJS 278 Kitāb-i Ḥashāyish. / [کتاب حشايش]
Title
Kitāb-i Ḥashāyish.[کتاب حشايش]
Authors
- Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos
ديسقوريدس
Other related names
- Schoenberg, Lawrence J, former owner
Call number
Oversize LJS 278(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
PersianOrigin
Written in Deccan, India (attributed by Simon Digby, linguist and historian of India), in Muḥarram A.H. 1004 (September 1595).
- Date
- A.H. 1004 (1595)
- Place
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Deccan, India
Summary
Illustrated herbal with detailed descriptions of the physical appearance and the medicinal effect of many plants, as well as some trees, minerals, and substances derived from animals. The manuscript is not complete: it comprises text and illustrations from parts of Chapter 1, substantial parts of Chapters 2-4, and parts of Chapter 5. Many leaves have extensive repairs at the edges or corners. The manuscript seems never to have been bound.
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent
172 leaves : 400 x 260 mmFoliation
Paper, 172 leaves; [i, 1-35, 37, i, 38-116, i-ii, 117-217, i, 218-234, 237-240, 243-244, 247-266, 269-276, 280-303, 308-327, 330-335, 335-336, 336-338, 340, 340-355]; modern foliation in pencil, usually in the lower margin.Support
PaperLayout
Script
Provenance
- Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, November 1998.
- Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
- Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Subjects topical
- Materia medica--Early works to 1800
- Botany, Medical--Early works to 1800
- Botany--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
- Medicine, Greek and Roman
Genres
- Manuscripts, Persian
- Manuscripts, 16th century
- Manuscripts, Renaissance
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
- Herbals
- Watercolors (paintings)
Licenses
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