File:Cinnamomum tree in a 10th century Arabic manuscript.jpg
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English: An illustration and description of a Cinnamomum tree in an Arabic manuscript of Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica, copied in Samarqand, on a Monday in the middle of Ramaḍān 475/February 1083. It is one of the oldest known Arabic manuscripts of 'De Materia Medica'. Dioscorides wrote that cinnamon was useful in combating a number of illnesses, from coughs to kidney diseases. STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, LEIDEN Or. 289 / WERNER FORMAN / ART RESOURCE. |
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| Date | February 1083 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Or. 289 |
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| References | full text; Greek Learning in the Arab world. The Materia Medica of Dioscorides | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200504/the.leek-green.sea.htm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This work is now in the public domain in Saudi Arabia according to Article 19 & 20 of Royal Decree No M/41 & Article 24 of Royal Decree No M/11. Works first published in Saudi Arabia are currently in the public domain in the United States if they were in the public domain in Saudi Arabia on 11 March 2004. |  | ||||||||||||||||||
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