Compendium of Medicine

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description Walters manuscript W.595 is a compendium/encyclopedia of medicine entitled Zakhirah-i Khvarazmshahi, composed by Zayn al-Din al-Jurjani (died 531 AH/AD 1136). It was copied by Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf ibn Mahammad al-Zarir (?) al-Kazaruni Shirani in 889 AH/AD 1484. The text opens with a double-page illuminated incipit with verses alluding to the title of the work.

Exhibitions

Bindings from the Islamic World. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988.

Provenance 'Ali [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement (min kutub) and seal on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creators

Period

22 Rabi' II 889 AH/AD 1484

Medium

ink and pigments on creamy, thin paper covered with red leather with light brown leather doublures
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.595

Measurements

Folio H: 12 x W: 7 5/16 in. (30.5 x 18.5 cm)

Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View