Wild Cucumber

Description Provenance Credit

Description This illustration from Walters W.750 depicts wild cucumber (qatha' al-barri or qatha' al-himar).

Provenance Eustache de Lorey, France [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1952, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A.P. Fund, 1952

7th century AH/AD 13th century

ink and pigments on laid paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

W.750A.A

H: 11 5/8 x W: 7 7/8 in. (29.5 x 20 cm)

Four Leaves from the Arabic Version of Dioscorides' De materia medica	Title
7th century AH/AD 13th century	Period
W.750	Accession
dioscorides, w5	Tags

A Type of Thymelaea Called ilyusqufinus	Title
7th century AH/AD 13th century	Period
W.750D.B	Accession

A Type of Thymelaea Called al-sarwi	Title
7th century AH/AD 13th century	Period
W.750D.A	Accession

One of Four Leaves from the Arabic Version of Dioscorides' De materia medica	Title
7th century AH/AD 13th century	Period
W.750C.B	Accession