Accession No

6222

Brief Description

Manuscript page from Arabic book with later illustration depicting a medical scene of a man undergoing a rectal examination; page is probably late 18th/early 19th century, illustration is much later, probably 20th century

Origin

Maker

Class

manuscripts; medical

Earliest Date

1750

Latest Date

2000

Inscription Date

Material

paper; paint

Dimensions

length 206mm; height 147mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Gallery Antique, Divanyola Caddesi No. 17, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey in 11/2006.

Inscription

[Arabic text needs translating]

Description Notes

Manuscript page from Arabic book with later illustration depicting a medical scene of a man undergoing a rectal examination.

Scene is painted in colour, including metallic gold and silver paint. It shows a man lying down undergoing a rectal examination, performed by another man with an unknown instrument. Three other instruments are placed on the ground, along with a white bowl.

Arabic text accompanies the image, along with a stamp also in Arabic.

The page and the (Ottoman?) text on its reverse is probably late 18th/early 19th century; the illustration on the front is painted over the original text and is much later, probably 20th century.

More research needs to be done on the Arabic/Ottoman text to determine the text from which this page is taken.

Condition fair; page is discoloured at the edges and there is some wear to the page edges.

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