Penn Library's LJS 278 - Kitāb-i ḥashāʼish (Video Orientation)
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Arabic Studies
Botany
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Medieval Studies
Botany
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Medieval Studies
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2017-10-01
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Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 278 - Kitāb-i ḥashāʼish. Written by Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos in Deccan, India, A.H. 1004 (1595), in Persian. An illustrated herbal with detailed descriptions in multiple languages (but all written in the Persian nastaʻlīq script) of the physical appearance and the medicinal effect of many plants, as well as some trees, minerals, and substances derived from animals. Record on Franklin, with link to a digital copy: https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9949183233503681Record on Internet Archive, with a link to PDF: https://archive.org/details/ljs278