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Commentarii in Sex Libros Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de Medica Materia, jam Denuo ab Ipso Autore Recogniti, et Locis Plus Mille Aucti. Vol. II
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
This commentary on Dioscorides' De materia medica by Pietro Andrea Matthioli (1500–77), first written in Italian and subsequently translated into Latin, French, German, and Spanish, included new medicinal plants and detailed woodcut illustrations, as in this example of Thymelaea (Spurge-laurel). Matthioli's printed commentary was largely responsible for disseminating the writings and ideas of Dioscorides–in both word and image–across Europe.
Provenance
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Antonio Raimo, Columbia, PA [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1991, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 2012 | Paradise Imagined: Images of the Garden in the Islamic and Christian World. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1992 | A World of Foreign Lands. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 6/7/2012 | Examination | examined for condition; examined for exhibition |
| 6/20/2012 | Treatment | tears repaired |
Geographies
Italy, Venice (Place of Origin)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1991
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
92.109.2
