Thymelaea (Spurge-laurel)

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description The dried and powdered leaves of Spurge-laurel were used to treat inflammations of the skin.

Exhibitions

Paradise Imagined: Images of the Garden in the Islamic and Christian World. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2012.

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

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7th century AH/AD 13th century

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

W.750C.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	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