Kitāb-i Ḥashāyish (DS111) (Q514)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9949183233503681, LJS 278, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9949183233503681)
- De materia medica.
- کتاب حشايش.
- De materia medica
- کتاب حشايش
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Kitāb-i Ḥashāyish (DS111) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9949183233503681, LJS 278, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9949183233503681) |
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23 December 2022
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De materia medica
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Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos
ديسقوريدس. of Anazarbos
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Schoenberg, Lawrence J
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Botany, Medical--Early works to 1800
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Botany--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
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17th century?
17. century
1600
1699
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Extent: 172 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 400 x 260 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Pagination: 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.
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Layout: Written in up to 15 long lines (text block varies to accommodate illustrations); ruled in drypoint.
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Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
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Decoration: 315 illustrations of 550 plants and several animals in opaque watercolor and ink, some incomplete with only ink outlines or early layers of color; rubrication and occasional text words in red ink (some rubrication lacking); text block outlined in faint black and red ink.
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Origin: Possibly written in Iran in the 17th century (the colophon of a possibly related manuscript has an unclear date, Muḥarram A.H. 1004 (1595) or AH 1054 (1645), though the later date is more likely).
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A partial reconstruction of the original order of the leaves, compiled by Marianna Shreve Simpson, is available in the library.
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Formerly owned by British scholar, translator, and collector Simon Digby (1932-2010).
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Offered for sale at David Carritt Limited (London) in the Artemis Group exhibition Indian painting 1525-1825, 1 April-30 April 1982, no. 17.
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Sold by Simon Digby to Sam Fogg Ltd. (Sam Fogg).
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Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, November 1998.
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Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
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Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
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28 April 2025
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