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Farmacopea araba medievale. Codice Ayasofia 3703. Edited by Alain Touwaide. 4 vols.

Milan: Antea Edizioni, 1992 –1993.

Iconographic reconstruction and original size facsimile in color of 127 sheets, including 97 preserved in Istanbul and 30 sheets dispersed in different institutional collections in Europe and the U.S., of this illuminated manuscript of the Arabic text of Dioscorides that was completed in 1224 in Baghdad, and preserved in Byzantium. For each plate Touwaide provided a commentary. He also provided an historical introduction in the first volume. 

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Entry Number#11943
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/14148
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External URLfarmacopea-araba-medievale-codice-ayasofia-3703-4-vols

Geographic Context

Publication place: Milan

Mentioned in annotation: Istanbul (Constantinople)